Balangingi Sama

E700454

Balangingi Sama is a regional dialect of the Sama language spoken by the Sama-Bangingi people, traditionally associated with the Sulu Archipelago in the southern Philippines.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Balangingi Sama canonical 1
Sama Central 1
Wae Sama 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
regional dialect
alternateName Bangingi Sama
linked to: Sama Bangingiʼ

Sama Bangingi dialect
contactWith Cebuano language
Filipino language
Malay language
linked to: Malay

Tausug language
country Philippines
domain maritime communities
ethnicAssociation Bangingi people
Sama people
hasDialectContinuumWith other Sama-Bajaw varieties
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageStatus minority language variety
lexicalSimilarityWith other Sama dialects
morphologicalType agglutinative
partOf Sama language
phonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (as in many Sama varieties)
region Mindanao region
linked to: Mindanao
relatedTo Central Sama
Pangutaran Sama
Sinama dialect cluster
sociolinguisticContext used in inter-island trade and fishing communities
spokenBy Sama-Bangingi people
spokenIn Sulu Archipelago
southern Philippines
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
subgroup Sama–Bajaw languages
traditionalUse oral communication
typologicalFeature verb–initial word order tendency
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Sama language hasDialect Balangingi Sama
Central Sama hasAlternativeName Sama Central
linked to: Balangingi Sama
Kayeli hasDialect Wae Sama
linked to: Balangingi Sama