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
Verblist
- kalut
- sengkang
- ahɨlling (ɨlling) -- to say
- balut -- to hold
- bantung -- to throw
- bɨlla, ngodog -- to cook
- bɨlli -- to buy
- daag -- to climb
- dokot -- to burn
- dugsuq -- to stab, pierce
- engkot -- to tie up, fasten
- giling -- to turn
- hamut -- to sniff, smell
- hinang -- to work
- ɨndaq -- to see
- inum -- to drink
- itung -- to count
- kakkot, katol -- to scratch
- kale -- to hear
- kaliq -- to dig
- keket -- to bite
- kɨllot -- to cut, hack
- labu -- to fall
- langi -- to swim
- laqit -- to sew
- leang -- to fly
- lɨngngan -- to walk
- lujjaq -- to spit
- magkataqu -- to know, be knowledgeable
- mamaq -- to chew
- mangan -- to eat
- papatay -- to kill
- patay -- to die, be dead
- peneq -- to choose
- pɨggaq -- to squeeze
- piitu -- to come
- sɨssop -- to suck
- tangis -- to cry
- tangkaw -- to steal
- tanom -- to plant
- tapuk -- to hide
- tau -- to fear
- tɨngge -- to stand
- tingkoq -- to sit
- tɨppa -- to pound, beat
- tittoa -- to laugh
- tiup -- to blow
- tuli -- to sleep
- uppiq -- to dream
- uttaq -- to vomit