Sama, Central

Facts

  • Language: Sama, Central
  • Alternate names: “Bajaw” , Central Sinama, Orang Laut, Sama Dilaut, Samal, Siasi Sama, Sinama
  • Language code: sml
  • Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Basap-Greater Barito, Greater Barito linkage, Sama-Bajaw, Sulu-Borneo, Inner Sulu Sama
  • Number of speakers: 90000
  • Script:

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    Introduction

    Sama, Central is a language of Philippines. It is spoken in Muslim Mindinao autonomous region, Sulu andTawi-Tawi provinces, Siasi, Tabawan, Bonggao Sitangkai, Cagayan de Sulu island; Basilan island, Maluso, Malamawi, Bohe’ Lobbong; Zamboanga del Sur Province, Rio Hondo, Batuan Lumbayaw, Taluk Sangay, Sanggali; Zamboanga del Norte Province, Olutangga; Davao City, Isla Verde, and Sasa; Cagayan de Oro; Visayas, Cebu and Tagbilaran; Palawan, Puerto Princesa; Batangas.

    Dialects

    Sama Deya, Sama Dilaut, Sama Laminusa, Sama Siasi, Sama Tabawan. Intelligibility of Bangingih Sama (See: Sama, Balangingih?) 79%. Lexical similarity: 47% with Inabaknon (See: Inabaknon), 62% with Yakan (See: Yakan), 76% with Pangutaran Sama (See: Sama, Pangutaran), 77% with Balangingi (See: Sama, Balangingih?), 72–78% with Southern Sama (See: Sama, Southern), 59% with West Coast Bajau (See: Bajau, West Coast?), 66% with Mapun (See: Mapun), 48–51% with Indonesian Bajau (See: Bajau, Indonesian), 25% with Cebuano (See: Cebuano), 45% with Tausug (See: Tausug) (Pallesen 1985).

    The Sama, Central Verb

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