Jama Mapun

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Jama Mapun are an indigenous Moro ethnolinguistic group of the southern Philippines, primarily inhabiting the island of Mapun in Tawi-Tawi and known for their distinct language and maritime culture.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jama Mapun canonical 2
Sama Mapun 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Moro people
ethnolinguistic group
indigenous people
alternativeName Jama Mapun people
linked to: Mapun people

Mapun people
associatedBodyOfWater Celebes Sea
Sulu Sea
country Philippines
culturalPractice Islamic rituals
sea-oriented subsistence practices
culturalRegion Bangsamoro
Mindanao
Sulu Sea
demographicType small population group
ethnicGroupOf Philippines
ethnicRelation Sama-Bajau peoples
Tausug people
Yakan people
geographicContext near Sabah, Malaysia
southwestern Philippines
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
isIndigenousTo Mapun Island
Tawi-Tawi Province
linked to: Tawi-Tawi
knownFor boat-building
fishing
maritime culture
seafaring
language Jama Mapun language
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
minorityStatus ethnic minority in the Philippines
partOf Moro ethnolinguistic groups
linked to: Moro people
primaryLocation Mapun Island
Sulu Archipelago
Tawi-Tawi
region Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (historical)
religion Islam
religionBranch Sunni Islam
religiousIdentity Moro
seaArea Sulu Sea
selfDesignation Jama Mapun
traditionalLivelihood fishing
small-scale agriculture
trading
traditionalReligionBeforeIslam indigenous animist beliefs

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Moro ethnicSubgroups Jama Mapun
Bajau language hasDialect Sama Mapun
linked to: Jama Mapun
Mapun alternateName Sama Mapun
linked to: Jama Mapun
Jama Mapun selfDesignation Jama Mapun