The Sama–Bajaw languages are a well-established group of languages spoken by the Sama-Bajau peoples ( A'a sama ) of the Philippines , Indonesia , and Malaysia .
18-581: Samal may refer to: Cultures [ edit ] The Sama languages of the Sulu Archipelago The ethnic groups that speak this language (including the Banguingui ), see Sama-Bajau peoples People [ edit ] Jayiram Samal , an Indian comic actor Sámal Joensen-Mikines , a Faroese painter Sámal Johansen , a Faroese editor Sámal Pætursson Lamhauge , Prime Minister of
36-407: A language from the island of Mapun , formerly known as Cagayan de Sulu, is a related language and sometimes also referred to as Sinama. These classifications are rarely recognized by Sama themselves who instead classify their Sinama by the village or island it originates from. The emic classification of a Sama person's language e.g. Silumpak, Laminusa, Tabawan generally form the different dialects of
54-641: A municipality in Bataan Turkey [ edit ] Sam'al , an ancient Hittite city, now the Zincirli archaeological site in southern Turkey Other [ edit ] Samal , the rank of sergeant in the Israel Defense Forces Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Samal . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
72-716: A valid group despite accepting less traditional groups such as North Bornean and Malayo-Sumbawan . The Malagasy language originates from the South East Borneo area (modern-day Indonesia), and it has been linked to Ma'anyan within the Southeast Barito group, with Malagasy incorporating numerous Malay and Javanese loanwords. It is known that Ma'anyan people were brought as labourers and slaves by Malay and Javanese people in their trading fleets, which reached Madagascar by ca. 50–500 AD. Based on linguistic evidence, it has been suggested that Malagasy
90-615: Is spoken on Pangutaran Island, located to the west of Jolo ; and in Cagayan de Tawi-Tawi , southern Palawan Yakan is spoken in Basilan and small surrounding islands; Sakol island; and the eastern coast of Zamboanga. Yakan tends to be concentrated away from the coast. Inabaknon is spoken on Capul Island, Northern Samar Province. Capul Island is located in the San Bernardino Strait , which separates Samar from
108-554: The Bicol Peninsula of Luzon . Bajau West Coast Sabah is spoken in Kota Belud , Kudat , and Tuaran which is on mutual intelligibility with Bajau East Coast of Sabah. Ethnologue lists the following population statistics for Borneo Coast Bajau. Western Austronesian languages are characterised by symmetrical voice alternations. These differ from asymmetrical voice alternations, such as active and passive, since
126-634: The Faroe Islands from 1706 to 1752 Samal Saeed , an Iraqi footballer Places [ edit ] Iran [ edit ] Samal, Iran , a village in Bushehr Province, Iran Samal-e Jonubi , a village in Bushehr Province, Iran Samal-e Shomali , a village in Bushehr Province, Iran Philippines [ edit ] Samal, Davao del Norte , an island city in Davao del Norte Samar Island Natural Park Samal, Bataan ,
144-620: The Sulu region of the southern Philippines. Indonesian Bajau is spoken mainly in Sulawesi and West Coast Bajau in Sabah , Borneo. Several dialects of the languages can be identified. Blust (2006) states that lexical evidence indicates that Sama–Bajaw originated in the Barito region of southeast Borneo, although not from any established group of Barito languages . Ethnologue has followed, calling
162-563: The UV construction is said to be basic. This has led people to analyse the languages as syntactically ergative . This analysis has been proposed for Sama Southern, Yakan, Sama Bangingi’, and Sama Pangutaran. These languages are said to have Philippine-type voice systems. West Coast Bajau, however, is said to have an Indonesian-type voice system because there are two transitive voices; a true passive construction ( -in- ) and an applicative suffix ( -an ). This makes West Coast Bajau more similar to
180-608: The following location information for various Sama languages. Northern Sama is located in western Mindanao , the Sulu archipelago northeast of Jolo , Zamboanga coast peninsula and islands, and Basilan island. Central Sama is located in: Southern Sama is located in Tawi-Tawi Island Province (in Tawi-Tawi, Simunul , Sibutu , and other major islands) and East Kalimantan ( Berau ) Pangutaran Sama
198-514: The following locations of Sabah , Malaysia ( Ethnologue ). Indonesian Bajau is widely distributed throughout Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara . It is also located throughout Maluku Utara Province in the Bacan Islands , Obi Islands , Kayoa , and Sula Islands , which are located to the southwest of Halmahera Island ( Ethnologue ). Mapun is spoken on Cagayan de Sulu ( Mapun ) island, Tawi-Tawi , Philippines. Ethnologue provides
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#1732772989543216-599: The languages of Sarawak and Kalimantan than the other languages of Sabah. Indonesian Bajau also has an Indonesian-type voice system as illustrated below: ng-ita AV -see uggo' pig aku 1SG ng-ita uggo' aku AV-see pig 1SG 'I saw the pig' kita-ku see- 1SG uggo' pig kita-ku uggo' see-1SG pig 'I saw the pig' di-kita-ku PASS -see- 1SG uggo' pig di-kita-ku uggo' PASS-see-1SG pig Barito languages The Barito languages are around twenty Austronesian languages of Indonesia ( Borneo ), plus Malagasy ,
234-548: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samal&oldid=1138527781 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Language and nationality disambiguation pages Sama%E2%80%93Bajaw languages Grimes (2003) identifies nine Sama–Bajaw languages. The first six are spoken in
252-699: The national language of Madagascar , and the Sama–Bajaw languages around the Sulu Archipelago. They are named after the Barito River located in South Kalimantan , Indonesia. The Barito subgroup was first proposed by Hudson (1967), comprising the three branches East Barito , West Barito , and Mahakam (Barito–Mahakam) . It is thought by some to be a Sprachbund rather than a genuine clade . For example, Adelaar (2005) rejects Barito as
270-466: The resulting group 'Greater Barito'. Pallesen (1985:18) classifies the Sama–Bajaw languages as follows. The Ethnologue divides Sinama into seven languages based on mutual intelligibility . The seven Sinama languages are Northern Sinama, Central Sinama, Southern Sinama, Sinama Pangutaran from the island of Pangutaran off of Jolo island, Mapun, Bajau West Coast of Sabah and Bajau Indonesia. Jama Mapun,
288-471: The seven Sinama or Bajau languages. Together, West Coast Bajau, Indonesian Bajau, and Mapun comprise a Borneo Coast Bajaw branch in Ethnologue . The following is a list of Sama-Bajaw dialects. Locations and demographics are from Palleson (1985) and Ethnologue (individual languages with separately assigned ISO codes highlighted in bold ). West Coast Bajau ( Borneo Coast Bajau ) is distributed in
306-686: The voices can be considered equally transitive. Hence, the terms actor voice and undergoer voice are sometimes used. The voice construction is signalled through morphological marking on the verb. Western Austronesian languages are typically subdivided into Philippine-type and Indonesian-type languages on the basis of the voice system: The voice alternations in Sama–Bajaw languages have some characteristics of Philippine-type languages and some characteristics of Indonesian-type languages. Miller (2014) says that there are three main voice alternations in Sama-Bajaw: In many Philippine languages,
324-678: Was taken to East Africa between the 7th and 13th centuries. It is likely that a separate Malagasy speech community had already formed in Borneo before the early Malagasy migrants settled in Madagascar. Blust (2006) proposes that the Sama-Bajaw languages also derive from the Barito lexical region, though not from any established group, and Ethnologue has followed, calling the resulting group 'Greater Barito'. Smith (2017, 2018) proposes
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