Bajau language

E183452
Austronesian language natural language

The Bajau language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the seafaring Bajau people of maritime Southeast Asia, especially in parts of Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Bajau language canonical 2
Bajau languages 2
Bajau languages of Sulawesi 1

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alternativeName Bajaw ⓘ
Bajau language ⓘ
surface form: Sama-Bajau language
closelyRelatedTo Sama language ⓘ
ethnicGroup Sama-Bajau peoples ⓘ
surface form: Bajau people
family Austronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Austronesian
hasDialect Central Sama ⓘ
Pangutaran Sama ⓘ
Jama Mapun ⓘ
surface form: Sama Mapun

West Coast Bajau ⓘ
Yakan ⓘ
hasFeature focus-marking morphology ⓘ
rich voice system (Austronesian alignment) ⓘ
ISO639-3Code bdr (West Coast Bajau) ⓘ
smd (Sama Mapun) ⓘ
sse (Balangingi Sama) ⓘ
yka (Yakan) ⓘ
languageFamilyBranch Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup ⓘ
surface form: Sama–Bajaw languages
languageFamilyNode Western Malayo-Polynesian (traditional classification) ⓘ
region Borneo ⓘ
Sabah ⓘ
Celebes ⓘ
surface form: Sulawesi

Sulu Archipelago ⓘ
spokenBy seafaring communities ⓘ
spokenIn Indonesia ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ
status minority language ⓘ
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
typology verb–initial language ⓘ
usedIn oral tradition of Bajau people ⓘ
traditional songs and epics of Bajau people ⓘ
wordOrder VOS ⓘ
VSO ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (7)

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

Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup → hasNotableLanguage → Bajau language ⓘ
Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup → hasAlternativeName → Bajau language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sama–Bajau languages
Sulawesi languages → include → Bajau language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bajau languages of Sulawesi
Sama language → closelyRelatedTo → Bajau language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bajau languages
Bajau language → alternativeName → Bajau language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sama-Bajau language
Sama people → speakLanguage → Bajau language ⓘ
Sabah Malay → influencedBy → Bajau language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bajau languages