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 (3)

Label Occurrences
Sama people canonical 31
Central Sama people 1
Sama-Bajaw peoples 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people of Malaysia ⓘ
indigenous people of the Philippines ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bajau ⓘ
linked to: Sama-Bajau peoples

Sama-Bajau ⓘ
linked to: Sama-Bajau peoples

Samal ⓘ
culturalRegion Celebes Sea ⓘ
Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ
Sulu Sea ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Brunei ⓘ
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

Indonesia ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
historicalAssociation Sultanate of Sulu ⓘ
knownFor exceptional free-diving ability ⓘ
houseboats ⓘ
maritime navigation skills ⓘ
stilt houses over water ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
migrationPattern seasonal sea nomadism ⓘ
primaryRegions Celebes Sea ⓘ
Sabah ⓘ
Sulawesi Sea ⓘ
linked to: Celebes Sea

Sulu Archipelago ⓘ
Tawi-Tawi ⓘ
Zamboanga Peninsula ⓘ
southern Philippines ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Bugis people ⓘ
linked to: Bugis

Iranun people ⓘ
Makassar people ⓘ
linked to: Makassarese 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 ⓘ
Sinama ⓘ
subgroup Pangutaran Sama ⓘ
Sama Bangingi ⓘ
linked to: Sama Bangingiʼ

Sama Dilaut ⓘ
Sama Siasi ⓘ
linked to: Sama Ubian

Sama Simunul ⓘ
linked to: Sama Ubian
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
pearling ⓘ
sea cucumber harvesting ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle boat-dwelling ⓘ
seafaring ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (33)

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

Sama language → spokenBy → Sama people ⓘ
Pangutaran Sama → spokenBy → Sama people ⓘ
Pangutaran Sama → ethnicity → Sama people ⓘ
Central Sama → spokenBy → Sama people ⓘ
Central Sama → ethnicGroupAssociated → Sama people ⓘ
Southern Sama → ethnicGroup → Sama people ⓘ
Sibutu Sama → ethnicGroup → Sama people ⓘ
Sama-Bajau peoples → alsoKnownAs → Sama people ⓘ
Bajo people → relatedGroup → Sama people ⓘ
Balangingi Sama → ethnicAssociation → Sama people ⓘ
Pangutaran Sama people → subgroupOf → Sama people ⓘ
Pangutaran Sama people → relatedEthnicGroup → Central Sama people ⓘ
linked to: Sama people
Pangutaran → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Sama people ⓘ
subject linked to: Pangutaran municipality, Sulu
Sama → spokenBy → Sama people ⓘ
Sinama → ethnicGroupAssociated → Sama people ⓘ
Bongao Sama → spokenBy → Sama people ⓘ
Bongao Sama → ethnicGroup → Sama people ⓘ
Sitangkai Sama → spokenBy → Sama people ⓘ
Tabawan Sama → spokenBy → Sama people ⓘ
Central Sulu Sama → spokenBy → Sama people ⓘ
Southern Sama → ethnicGroup → Sama people ⓘ
subject linked to: ssb
Sibutu Sama dialect → spokenBy → Sama people ⓘ
Pangutaran Samal → relatedTo → Sama people ⓘ
Sama–Bajaw → hasPart → Sama people ⓘ
Sama–Bajaw → alsoKnownAs → Sama-Bajaw peoples ⓘ
linked to: Sama people
Pangutaran Island → inhabitedBy → Sama people ⓘ
Basilan Island → hasEthnicGroup → Sama people ⓘ
Sama–Bajaw language → spokenBy → Sama people ⓘ
Sama Dilaut → relatedEthnicGroup → Sama people ⓘ
Sama Bangingiʼ → subgroupOf → Sama people ⓘ
Samal → alsoKnownAs → Sama people ⓘ