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.

All labels observed (8)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

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

Sama people
Sama-Bajau
linked to: Sama-Bajau peoples

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
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

East Malaysia
Indonesia
Malaysia
Mindanao
Philippines
Sabah
Sulawesi
linked to: Celebes

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

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

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

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