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Ngaju

A language of Indonesia (Kalimantan)

ISO 639-3: nij
This ISO 639-3 code has undergone change through the merging of one or more retired code elements. For more information, see the code change history documentation.

Population	890,000 (2003).
Region	Kalimantan, Kapuas, Kahayan, Katingan, and Mentaya rivers, south.
Language map	Indonesia, Kalimantan, reference number 44
Alternate names	Biadju, Dayak Ngaju, Ngadju, Ngaja, Ngaju Dayak, Southwest Barito
Dialects	Ba’amang (Bara-Bare, Sampit), Katingan Ngaju, Katingan Ngawa, Kahayan, Kahayan Kapuas, Mantangai (Oloh Mangtangai), Pulopetak. Related to Bakumpai [bkr]. Lexical similarity: 75% with Bakumpai, 62% with Kohin [kkx], 50% with Ot Danum [otd], 35% with Banjar [bjn].
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Barito, West, South
Language use	Trade language. Widely used for trade in most of Kalimantan, from Barito to Sampit rivers, east of Barito languages, and north in Malawi River region.
Language development	Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1858–2005.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

LOPEZ, Cecilio, translator. n.d.. Studies on Dempwolff's Vergleichende Lautlehre des Austronesischen Wortschatzes.