Sama people

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The Sama people are a seafaring Austronesian ethnic group of maritime communities in the southern Philippines, Sabah, and surrounding regions, traditionally known for their boat-dwelling lifestyle and fishing-based economy.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sama people canonical 31
Central Sama people 1
Sama-Bajaw peoples 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian people
ethnic group
indigenous people of Malaysia
indigenous people of the Philippines
alsoKnownAs Bajau
linked to: Sama-Bajau peoples

Sama-Bajau
linked to: Sama-Bajau peoples

Samal
culturalRegion Celebes Sea
Maritime Southeast Asia
Sulu Sea
ethnicGroupOf Brunei
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

Indonesia
Malaysia
Philippines
historicalAssociation Sultanate of Sulu
knownFor exceptional free-diving ability
houseboats
maritime navigation skills
stilt houses over water
languageFamily Austronesian languages
migrationPattern seasonal sea nomadism
primaryRegions Celebes Sea
Sabah
Sulawesi Sea
linked to: Celebes Sea

Sulu Archipelago
Tawi-Tawi
Zamboanga Peninsula
southern Philippines
relatedEthnicGroup Bugis people
linked to: Bugis

Iranun people
Makassar people
linked to: Makassarese people

Tausug people
religion Sunni Islam
folk Islam
pre-Islamic indigenous beliefs
settlementType coastal villages
offshore stilt settlements
speakLanguage Bajau language
Sama language
Sama–Bajaw languages
Sinama
subgroup Pangutaran Sama
Sama Bangingi
linked to: Sama Bangingiʼ

Sama Dilaut
Sama Siasi
linked to: Sama Ubian

Sama Simunul
linked to: Sama Ubian
traditionalEconomy fishing
maritime trade
pearling
sea cucumber harvesting
traditionalLifestyle boat-dwelling
seafaring

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sama language spokenBy Sama people
Pangutaran Sama spokenBy Sama people
Pangutaran Sama ethnicity Sama people
Central Sama spokenBy Sama people
Central Sama ethnicGroupAssociated Sama people
Southern Sama ethnicGroup Sama people
Sibutu Sama ethnicGroup Sama people
Sama-Bajau peoples alsoKnownAs Sama people
Bajo people relatedGroup Sama people
Balangingi Sama ethnicAssociation Sama people
Pangutaran Sama people subgroupOf Sama people
Pangutaran Sama people relatedEthnicGroup Central Sama people
linked to: Sama people
Pangutaran hasMajorEthnicGroup Sama people
subject linked to: Pangutaran municipality, Sulu
Sama spokenBy Sama people
Sinama ethnicGroupAssociated Sama people
Bongao Sama spokenBy Sama people
Bongao Sama ethnicGroup Sama people
Sitangkai Sama spokenBy Sama people
Tabawan Sama spokenBy Sama people
Central Sulu Sama spokenBy Sama people
Southern Sama ethnicGroup Sama people
subject linked to: ssb
Sibutu Sama dialect spokenBy Sama people
Pangutaran Samal relatedTo Sama people
Sama–Bajaw hasPart Sama people
Sama–Bajaw alsoKnownAs Sama-Bajaw peoples
linked to: Sama people
Pangutaran Island inhabitedBy Sama people
Basilan Island hasEthnicGroup Sama people
Sama–Bajaw language spokenBy Sama people
Sama Dilaut relatedEthnicGroup Sama people
Sama Bangingiʼ subgroupOf Sama people
Samal alsoKnownAs Sama people