Sama language

E183451
Austronesian language natural language

The Sama language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Sama-Bajau maritime communities of the southern Philippines and nearby regions of Southeast Asia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sama language canonical 8
Northern Sama 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Bajau language ⓘ
surface form: Bajau languages

Kapalangan language (Sama variety) ⓘ
Yakan language ⓘ
endangermentStatus vulnerable in some communities ⓘ
ethnicity Sama-Bajau maritime communities ⓘ
family Austronesian languages ⓘ
hasDialect Balangingi Sama ⓘ
Central Sama ⓘ
Sama language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Northern Sama

Pangutaran Sama ⓘ
Siasi ⓘ
surface form: Siasi Sama

Southern Sama ⓘ
Yakan ⓘ
surface form: Yakan (often classified within Sama–Bajaw)
hasFeature Austronesian voice system ⓘ
focus system on verbs ⓘ
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns ⓘ
preposed function words ⓘ
rich verbal affixation ⓘ
isMaritimeCommunityLanguageOf Sama-Bajau seafaring groups ⓘ
languageFamilyBranch Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup ⓘ
surface form: Sama–Bajaw languages
morphologyType agglutinative ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
spokenBy Sama-Bajau peoples ⓘ
surface form: Bajau Laut

Sama people ⓘ
Sama-Bajau peoples ⓘ
surface form: Sama-Bajau people
spokenIn Borneo ⓘ
surface form: Borneo region

Brunei Darussalam ⓘ
surface form: Brunei

Indonesia ⓘ
Kalimantan coastal areas ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Mindanao ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Sabah ⓘ
Sulu Archipelago ⓘ
eastern Malaysia ⓘ
southern Philippines ⓘ
status regional language in the southern Philippines ⓘ
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
typology predominantly head-initial ⓘ
usedFor daily communication in Sama-Bajau communities ⓘ
folk songs and epics ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
wordOrder VOS ⓘ
VSO ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (11)

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

Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup → hasNotableLanguage → Sama language ⓘ
Sulu Archipelago → language → Sama language ⓘ
Sama language → hasDialect → Sama language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sama
Bajau language → closelyRelatedTo → Sama language ⓘ
Pangutaran Sama → closelyRelatedTo → Sama language ⓘ
Central Sama → closelyRelatedTo → Sama language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sama
Southern Sama → closelyRelatedTo → Sama language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sama
West Coast Bajau → closelyRelatedTo → Sama language ⓘ
Mapun → closelyRelatedTo → Sama language ⓘ
Sama-Bajau peoples → speak → Sama language ⓘ
Sama people → speakLanguage → Sama language ⓘ