ISO 639-3 · nijnij
Austronesian family
Ngaju
bahasa Dayak Ngaju
Ngaju is a language of the West Barito branch (Austronesian), spoken in Indonesia. Wikidata counts about 890,000 speakers (2003). Wikidata describes it as “Austronesian language spoken in Kalimantan, Indonesia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
nij- Glottocode
ngaj1237- Family
- Austronesian
- Centre point
- -1.58, 112.79
- Wikipedia
- 21 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Ngaju · bahasa Dayak Ngaju |
|---|---|
| Also called | Dayak Ngaju |
| All speakers | 890,000 (2003) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Ngaju
The branches above Ngaju, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Also spoken in Indonesia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 maraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeindIndonesianAustronesian · 199 m1 · NationaljavJavaneseAustronesian · 84.3 m4 · EducationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigoroushakHakka ChineseSino-Tibetan · 48.2 m5 · Developing