Central Sama

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Central Sama is an Austronesian language spoken by the Sama people of the southern Philippines and nearby regions, known for its role within the Sama–Bajaw language group.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Central Sama canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Sama–Bajaw language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Sama language
surface form: Northern Sama

Pangutaran Sama
Southern Sama
country Indonesia
Malaysia
Philippines
ethnicGroupAssociated Sama people
hasAlternativeName Sama
Balangingi Sama
surface form: Sama Central

Sinama
hasDialect Bongao Sama
Central Sulu Sama
Bongao Sama
surface form: Siasi Sama

Sama
surface form: Simunul Sama

Sitangkai Sama
Tabawan Sama
hasGlottocode cent2087
hasISO6393Code sml
isPartOf linguistic heritage of the Sama–Bajau peoples
isSpokenAlong coastal areas of the Sulu Archipelago
languageFamily Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian
languageGroup Sama–Bajaw
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
region Sulu Sea
spokenBy Sama people
Sama-Bajau peoples
spokenIn Basilan Island
Indonesia
Kalimantan
Philippines
Sabah
Sulu Archipelago
Sulu Province
Tawi-Tawi
surface form: Tawi-Tawi Province

Zamboanga Peninsula
East Malaysia
surface form: eastern Malaysia

southern Philippines
usedIn daily communication
local trade
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Sama language hasDialect Central Sama
Bajau language hasDialect Central Sama
Pangutaran Sama closelyRelatedTo Central Sama
Pangutaran Sama hasNeighborLanguage Central Sama
Southern Sama closelyRelatedTo Central Sama
Sibutu Sama relatedTo Central Sama