Sama-Bajau peoples

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The Sama-Bajau peoples are a diverse group of traditionally seafaring, Austronesian ethnic communities of Maritime Southeast Asia, often known as “sea nomads” for their boat-dwelling lifestyle and close relationship with the ocean.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Sama-Bajau 7
Sama-Bajau people 7
Bajau 5

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian peoples
ethnic group
indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia
alsoKnownAs Sama-Bajau peoples
surface form: Bajau people

Sama people
Sama-Bajau peoples
surface form: Sama-Bajau

sea nomads
associatedWithSea Celebes Sea
Coral Triangle
Sulu Sea
culturalPractice boat-building
freediving
spearfishing
economicActivity fishing
maritime trade
pearling
sea cucumber harvesting
ethnolinguisticGroupOf Maritime Southeast Asia
knownFor close relationship with the ocean
exceptional breath-holding ability
languageFamily Austronesian languages
locatedIn Brunei Darussalam
surface form: Brunei

East Malaysia
Indonesia
Malaysia
Mindanao
Philippines
Sabah
Celebes
surface form: Sulawesi

Sulu Archipelago
migrationPattern sea-based mobility
partOf Austronesian expansion
surface form: Austronesian expansion cultural sphere
regionOfOrigin Sulu Archipelago
southern Philippines
religion Islam
Sunni Islam
speak Bajau language
Sama language
Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup
surface form: Sama–Bajaw languages
subgroup East Coast Bajau
Sama Bangingiʼ
Sama Dea
Sama Dilaut
Sibutu
surface form: Sama Sibutu

Sama Sitangkai
Sama Ubian
Bajau West Coast
surface form: West Coast Bajau
subjectOf anthropological studies on sea nomads
traditionalLifestyle boat-dwelling
nomadic
seafaring
use houseboats
lepa-lepa boats

Referenced by (29)

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Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup spokenBy Sama-Bajau peoples
Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup ethnicallyAssociatedWith Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Bajau people
Zamboanga Peninsula ethnicGroup Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Sama-Bajau people
Sabah hasEthnicGroup Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Bajau
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao hasDemographicGroup Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Sama-Bajau
Moro ethnicSubgroups Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Sama-Bajau
Tausug relatedEthnicGroup Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Sama-Bajau
Maranao relatedGroup Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Sama-Bajau
Sulu Archipelago ethnicGroup Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Sama-Bajau
Maguindanaon people relatedEthnicGroups Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Sama-Bajau people
East Malaysia hasEthnicGroup Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Bajau
Sama language spokenBy Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Sama-Bajau people
Sama language spokenBy Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Bajau Laut
Bajau language ethnicGroup Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Bajau people
Central Sama spokenBy Sama-Bajau peoples
Southern Sama ethnicGroup Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Sama-Bajau people
Southern Sama ethnicGroup Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Bajau people
West Coast Bajau spokenBy Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Bajau people
West Coast Bajau alternativeName Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Bajau Sama
Sama-Bajau peoples alsoKnownAs Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Bajau people
Sama-Bajau peoples alsoKnownAs Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Sama-Bajau
Sama people alsoKnownAs Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Sama-Bajau
Sama people alsoKnownAs Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Bajau
Yakan people relatedEthnicGroup Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Sama-Bajau people
Lahad Datu hasEthnicGroup Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Bajau
Cagayan de Tawi-Tawi Island hasCommunity Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Bajau
Moro people ethnicSubdivision Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Sama-Bajau people
Spanish–Moro conflict mainBelligerent Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Sama-Bajau groups
Moro Province hasEthnicGroup Sama-Bajau peoples
this entity surface form: Sama-Bajau people