The Ngaju people (also Ngaju Dayak or Dayak Ngaju or Biaju) are an indigenous ethnic group of Borneo from the Dayak group. In a census from 2000, when they were first listed as a separate ethnic group, they made up 18.02% of the population of Central Kalimantan province. In an earlier census from 1930, the Ngaju people were included in the Dayak people count. They speak the Ngaju language.
Based on river stream regions, the Ngaju people are divided into:-
Greater Batang Baiju - Greater Baiju River
Lesser Batang Baiju - Lesser Baiju River
Based on language, the Ngaju people are divided into:-
Dayak Ngaju (Ngaju Kapuas)
Dayak Kahayan (Ngaju Kahayan)
Dayak Katingan (Ngaju Katingan)
Dayak Mendawai (Central Kalimantan)
Dayak Bakumpai (South Kalimantan)
Dayak Meratus (South Kalimantan)
Dayak Mengkatip (Central Kalimantan)
Dayak Berangas (South Kalimantan, which is said to be no longer identifiable and their language is no longer in existence as of 2010 due to assimilation into the mainstream Kuala Banjar people)
Dayak Beraki (Bara-ki; no longer in existence)
Sinta Takalupe Lunuk
Karungut, Kal-Teng Membangun
Yang Mahakasih (religious song)
Kopu, fermented cassava root. Usually eaten by mixing with shredded coconut meat
Karuang or Kalumpe by the Ma'anyan people, a pounded Cassava leaf salad mixed with eggplant, lemongrass, onion and garlic.
Juhu Umbut Batang Undus, coconut sprout salad eaten with sambal and often served during thanksgiving or wedding ceremonies.
King Maruhum, the fourth Muslim Banjar king.
Nyai Undang, Kutah Baguh queen of Tanjung Pematang Sawang kingdom.
Raden Labih, head of the Dayak Ngaju Sei Apui people.
Nicodemus Djaija Negara, a Dayak Ngaju head district of Pulau Petak.
Damang Batu, a Dayak Ngaju Tumbang Anoi Kahayan leader and chairman of Dayak Tumbang Anoi.
Damang Anggen, a Dayak Ngaju leader and head district of Mendawai Katingan.
Soera Djaja, a Dayak Ngaju head district from Kampung Rawi and a Central Kalimantan freedom fighter.
Damang Pijar, head of the Dayak people
Batur, a Dayak Bakumpai commander, Barito War veteran.