Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup

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branch of the Austronesian language family language subgroup

The Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily by maritime Sama-Bajau peoples across the southern Philippines, eastern Malaysia, and parts of Indonesia.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Sama-Bajaw languages 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of the Austronesian language family ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ
associatedWith maritime communities ⓘ
sea nomadism ⓘ
ethnicallyAssociatedWith Sama-Bajau peoples ⓘ
surface form: Bajau people

Sama people ⓘ
geographicDistribution Celebes Sea ⓘ
surface form: Celebes Sea region

Sulu Archipelago ⓘ
Sulu Sea ⓘ
surface form: Sulu Sea region

coastal Borneo ⓘ
coastal Mindanao ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup ⓘ
surface form: Sama-Bajaw languages

Sama–Bajau language group ⓘ
Bajau language ⓘ
surface form: Sama–Bajau languages
hasCharacteristic high dialect diversity ⓘ
strong maritime lexical domain ⓘ
widespread bilingualism with neighboring languages ⓘ
hasNotableLanguage Bajau language ⓘ
Central Sama ⓘ
Kota Belud Bajau ⓘ
Mapun ⓘ
Pangutaran Sama ⓘ
Pangutaran Sama ⓘ
surface form: Sama Pangutaran

Sama language ⓘ
Sibutu Sama ⓘ
Southern Sama ⓘ
West Coast Bajau ⓘ
Yakan ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
historicallyUsedScript Arabic script ⓘ
Jawi script ⓘ
languageFamily Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
partOf Austronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Austronesian language family
region Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ
relatedTo Bornean languages ⓘ
Philippine languages ⓘ
spokenBy Sama-Bajau peoples ⓘ
spokenIn Labuan ⓘ
Sabah ⓘ
Sulawesi region ⓘ
eastern Indonesia ⓘ
East Malaysia ⓘ
surface form: eastern Malaysia

parts of Indonesia ⓘ
southern Philippines ⓘ
subclassOf Austronesian languages ⓘ
usedBy boat-dwelling populations ⓘ
fishing communities ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup → hasAlternativeName → Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sama-Bajaw languages
Austronesian languages → hasSubfamily → Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup ⓘ