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Sama-Bajau

The Sama-Bajau include several Austronesian ethnic groups of Maritime Southeast Asia. The name collectively refers to related people who usually call themselves the Sama or Samah (formally A'a Sama, "Sama people"); or are known by the exonym Bajau (/ˈbɑːdʒaʊ, ˈbæ-/, also spelled Badjao, Bajaw, Badjau, Badjaw, Bajo or Bayao). They usually live a seaborne…

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Brunei
~12,000
Indonesia
241,836
Malaysia
456,672
Philippines
499,620

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Nodes349
Edges348
Triples225
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005731
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related to Society · 27
Sama-Bajau → Bajau, Brunei, Datu, Greater, Hispanic Philippine, However, Iranun, Jama Mapun, Kedatuan, Kota Belud, Likely, Maharaja, Other, Panglima, Philippines, Sabah, Sama Pangutaran, Since, Sultanate, Sulu
related to Historical records · 23
Sama-Bajau → AD, Antonio Pigafetta, Bantugan, Borneo, Darangen, Dutch, Estimated, European, Europeans, It, John, Magellan-Elcano, Maranao, Mindanao, Pigafetta, Spenser St, Sulawesi, Sulu, Tausūg, The
related to Oral traditions · 23
Sama-Bajau → After, Bajau, Borneo, Brunei, Bruneians, Bumiputera, Dayang Ayesha, However, Islam, Johor, Johorean, Malay-ness, Malaysia, Most, Muhammad Shah, On, One, Sabah Sama-Bajau, Sama, Sultan
related to Languages · 21
Sama-Bajau → Austronesian, Bajau, But, Central Philippine, For, Instead, Lumad, Malayo-Polynesian, Malaysia, Manobo, Mindanao, Most Sama-Bajau, Philippine, Sama, Sinama, Tagalog, Tausūg, The Sama, The Sama-Bajau, This
related to Religion · 21
Sama-Bajau → Among, Bajau, Catholics, Davao, Islam, Islamic, Islamised, Jinn, Malay, Malaysia, Muslim, Philippines, Protestants, Religion, Some, Sufi, Sunni Islam, Sur, There, They
related to Modern research on origins · 19
Sama-Bajau → Australoid, Austronesian, Austronesians, David, Gowa, In, Johor, Linguistically, Orang Laut, Philippine, Riau Archipelago, Sopher, Southeast Asia, Tausūg, The, They, Veddoid, Visayans, Whether
related to Ethnonym · 17
Sama-Bajau → Bajau, Bajau Laut, Even, For, Historically, Instead, It, Malaysia, Malaysian, Pala'au, Palauh, Philippines, Sama, Sama Dilaut, Sama Mandilaut, Sama-style, Sea-going Bajau
related to Free-diving adaptations · 16
Sama-Bajau → Asian, Bajau, BDKRB2, Divers, Europeans, FAM178B, Many, Members, Moken, More, Other, PDE10A, Saluan, Some Bajau, These, This
related to Music, dance, and arts · 12
Sama-Bajau → Among, Dalling Dalling, Dayang Dayang, Duldang Duldang, Most Sama-Bajau, Pakiring Pakiring, Sangbayan, Tausūg, The, The Tausūg, There, These
related to Subgroups · 10
Sama-Bajau → Bone, Brunei, Each, In, Most, Philippines, Sultanate, Sulu, The Sama-Bajau, They

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bajau also sabah philippines sama sulu people usually known groups malaysia group sea traditional tausūg among like jinn called coast

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Sama-BajauBrunei~12,0001.00infobox
Sama-BajauIndonesia241,8361.00infobox
Sama-BajauMalaysia456,6721.00infobox
Sama-BajauPhilippines499,6201.00infobox
Sama-Bajauis aannual feast known as pag-umboh or magpaay-bahaw0.90text
the perahuinstance ofThey usually live a seaborne lifestyle and use small wooden sailing vessels0.80text
those of the more Islamised or Malay peoplesinstance ofSome of the Sama-Bajau lack mosques and must rely on the shore-based communities0.80text
Sama-Bajaurelated to Boat dwellingThey0.60section
Sama-Bajaurelated to Boat dwellingThe0.60section
Sama-Bajaurelated to Boat dwellingThese0.60section
Sama-Bajaurelated to Boat dwellingThere0.60section
Sama-Bajaurelated to Boat dwellingPhilippines0.60section

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