Sama people
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The Sama people are a seafaring Austronesian ethnic group of maritime communities in the southern Philippines, Sabah, and surrounding regions, traditionally known for their boat-dwelling lifestyle and fishing-based economy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sama people canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1614137 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Sama people Context triple: [Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup, ethnicallyAssociatedWith, Sama people]
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A.
Kunama people
The Kunama people are an indigenous ethnic group of the Horn of Africa, known for their distinct Nilo-Saharan language and traditional agro-pastoral lifestyle.
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B.
Ngaju people
The Ngaju people are an indigenous Dayak ethnic group of central Kalimantan, Borneo, known for their rich river-based culture, traditional longhouses, and elaborate secondary burial rituals.
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C.
Seediq people
The Seediq people are an Indigenous Taiwanese ethnic group known for their distinct language, culture, and history of resistance to Japanese colonial rule, most notably in the 1930 Wushe Incident.
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D.
Siwai people
The Siwai people are an indigenous ethnic group of southern Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, known for their horticultural traditions, complex social exchange systems, and distinctive cultural practices.
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E.
Dimasa people
The Dimasa people are an indigenous Tibeto-Burman ethnic community of Northeast India, primarily associated with Assam and known for their distinct language, culture, and historical Dimasa kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sama people Target entity description: The Sama people are a seafaring Austronesian ethnic group of maritime communities in the southern Philippines, Sabah, and surrounding regions, traditionally known for their boat-dwelling lifestyle and fishing-based economy.
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A.
Kunama people
The Kunama people are an indigenous ethnic group of the Horn of Africa, known for their distinct Nilo-Saharan language and traditional agro-pastoral lifestyle.
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B.
Ngaju people
The Ngaju people are an indigenous Dayak ethnic group of central Kalimantan, Borneo, known for their rich river-based culture, traditional longhouses, and elaborate secondary burial rituals.
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C.
Seediq people
The Seediq people are an Indigenous Taiwanese ethnic group known for their distinct language, culture, and history of resistance to Japanese colonial rule, most notably in the 1930 Wushe Incident.
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D.
Siwai people
The Siwai people are an indigenous ethnic group of southern Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, known for their horticultural traditions, complex social exchange systems, and distinctive cultural practices.
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E.
Dimasa people
The Dimasa people are an indigenous Tibeto-Burman ethnic community of Northeast India, primarily associated with Assam and known for their distinct language, culture, and historical Dimasa kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian people
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people of Malaysia ⓘ indigenous people of the Philippines ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sama-Bajau peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Bajau
Sama-Bajau peoples ⓘ
surface form:
Sama-Bajau
Samal ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Celebes Sea
ⓘ
Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ Sulu Sea ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf |
Brunei Darussalam
ⓘ
surface form:
Brunei
Indonesia ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Philippines ⓘ |
| historicalAssociation | Sultanate of Sulu ⓘ |
| knownFor |
exceptional free-diving ability
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houseboats ⓘ maritime navigation skills ⓘ stilt houses over water ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| migrationPattern | seasonal sea nomadism ⓘ |
| primaryRegions |
Celebes Sea
ⓘ
Sabah ⓘ Celebes Sea ⓘ
surface form:
Sulawesi Sea
Sulu Archipelago ⓘ Tawi-Tawi ⓘ Zamboanga Peninsula ⓘ southern Philippines ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Bugis
ⓘ
surface form:
Bugis people
Iranun people ⓘ Makassarese people ⓘ
surface form:
Makassar people
Tausug people ⓘ |
| religion |
Sunni Islam
ⓘ
folk Islam ⓘ pre-Islamic indigenous beliefs ⓘ |
| settlementType |
coastal villages
ⓘ
offshore stilt settlements ⓘ |
| speakLanguage |
Bajau language
ⓘ
Sama language ⓘ Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup ⓘ
surface form:
Sama–Bajaw languages
Sinama ⓘ |
| subgroup |
Pangutaran Sama
ⓘ
Sama Bangingiʼ ⓘ
surface form:
Sama Bangingi
Sama Dilaut ⓘ Sama Ubian ⓘ
surface form:
Sama Siasi
Sama Ubian ⓘ
surface form:
Sama Simunul
|
| traditionalEconomy |
fishing
ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ pearling ⓘ sea cucumber harvesting ⓘ |
| traditionalLifestyle |
boat-dwelling
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seafaring ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Sama people Description of subject: The Sama people are a seafaring Austronesian ethnic group of maritime communities in the southern Philippines, Sabah, and surrounding regions, traditionally known for their boat-dwelling lifestyle and fishing-based economy.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.