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Ngaju
Warning sign prohibiting land burning in Ngaju language
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Kalimantan
Ethnicity	Ngaju
Native speakers	890,000 (2003)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian West Barito South Ngaju
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nij
Glottolog	ngaj1237
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Ngaju (also Ngaju Dayak or Dayak Ngaju) is an Austronesian language spoken along the Kapuas, Kahayan, Katingan, and Mentaya Rivers in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is closely related to the Bakumpai language. There are three dialects—Pulopetak, Ba'amang, and Mantangai.

Phonology

Consonants

Ngaju has the following consonants.

Vowels

Ngaju has the following vowels. All vowels except ə can be long.

Orthography

Vowels and diphthongs

• a –
• e –
• i –
• o –
• u –
• ai –
• au –
• ei –

Consonants

• b –
• c –
• d –
• g –
• h –
• j –
• k –
• l –
• m –
• n –
• ng –
• ny –
• p –
• r –
• s –
• t –
• w –
• y –

Vocabulary

Vocabulary comparison between Bakumpai, Ngaju, Indonesian and English languages.

Notes

1. Ngaju at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Gordon, Raymond G. Jr. (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (15th ed.). Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
3. ^ Mihing & Stokhof (1977)
4. "Ngaju language". Omniglot. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

References

• Ashn E. Johannes (1971). An Introduction to Dayak Ngaju Morphology (MA thesis). Malang.
• Mihing, T. W. J.; Stokhof, W. A. L. (1977). "On the Ngaju Dayak sound system (Pulau Petak dialect)" (PDF). In Soepomo Poedjosoedarmo (ed.). Miscellaneous Studies in Indonesian and Languages in Indonesia, Part III. NUSA 4. Jakarta: Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya. pp. 49–59.

• West Barito languages
• Languages of Indonesia