Sama–Bajaw

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Sama–Bajaw is a collective term for a group of closely related Austronesian ethnic groups and languages traditionally associated with seafaring communities in the southern Philippines, eastern Malaysia, and surrounding regions of Maritime Southeast Asia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sama–Bajaw canonical 6
Boyanese 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnolinguistic group
language group
alsoKnownAs Bajau Laut (for some groups)
linked to: Sama-Bajau peoples

Sama-Bajau
linked to: Sama-Bajau peoples

Sama-Bajaw peoples
linked to: Sama people
ancestralHomeland Sulu Archipelago region
linked to: Sulu Archipelago
associatedWith Celebes Sea
Sulu Sea
Sulu Sultanate (historically)
linked to: Sulu Sultanate
culturalTrait boat-dwelling tradition
free-diving for fish and sea products
maritime trade
ethnicGroupOf Maritime Southeast Asia
eastern Malaysia
linked to: East Malaysia

southern Philippines
ethnogenesisRegion Sulu–Celebes Seas
linked to: Celebes Sea
hasLanguage Bajau languages
Sama language
hasPart Badjao people
Bajau people
linked to: Sama-Bajau peoples

Sama people
Sama–Bajaw languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageSubfamily Sama–Bajaw languages
languageType spoken languages
linguisticBranchOf Malayo-Polynesian languages
migrationPattern inter-island mobility in Maritime Southeast Asia
notableSubgroup Central Sama
Pangutaran Sama
Southern Sama
West Coast Bajau
Yakan-related Sama groups
partOf Maritime Southeast Asian cultures
region Celebes Sea
Maritime Southeast Asia
Sabah
Sulawesi Sea
linked to: Celebes Sea

Sulu Archipelago
eastern Malaysia
southern Philippines
religion Islam
subclassOf Austronesian ethnic groups
Austronesian languages
traditionalLifestyle maritime nomadism
traditionalOccupation fishing
seafaring
writingSystem Latin script (for many modern uses)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Pangutaran Sama subgroup Sama–Bajaw
Central Sama languageGroup Sama–Bajaw
Southern Sama languageBranch Sama–Bajaw
West Coast Bajau subgroup Sama–Bajaw
Mapun languageGroup Sama–Bajaw
Sitangkai Sama languageGroup Sama–Bajaw
Bawean Malay hasAlternativeName Boyanese
linked to: Sama–Bajaw