Ngaju language

Ngaju
Warning sign prohibiting land burning in Ngaju language
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Kalimantan
Ethnicity	Ngaju
Native speakers	890,000 (2003)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian West Barito South Ngaju
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nij
Glottolog	ngaj1237
Map showing distribution of Ngaju language (green)
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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—Pulau Petak (Pulopetak), Ba'amang, and Mantangai.^[2]

Ngaju has the following consonants.

Ngaju has the following vowels. All vowels except ə can be long.^[3]

• a – [a]
• e – [e/ə]
• i – [i]
• o – [o]
• u – [u]
• ai – [aj]
• au – [aw]
• ei – [ej]

• b – [b]
• c – [c]
• d – [d]
• g – [g]
• h – [h]
• j – [ɟ]
• k – [k/ʔ]
• l – [l]
• m – [m]
• n – [n]
• ng – [ŋ]
• ny – [ɲ]
• p – [p]
• r – [r]
• s – [s]
• t – [t]
• w – [w]
• y – [j]^[4]

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

Ngaju language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator