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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"); [5] or are known by the exonym Bajau (/ ˈ b ɑː dʒ aʊ, ˈ b æ-/, also spelled Badjao, Bajaw, Badjau, Badjaw, Bajo or Bayao).
This analysis has been proposed for Sama Southern, [8] Yakan, [9] Sama Bangingi’, [10] and Sama Pangutaran. [11] 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 ...
Like their other Sama cousins, they sailed various ships like the vinta, salisipan, or bangka-bangka throughout the Sulu-Sulawesi region. At the height of the Sulu Sultanate , the Banguingui, along with the Iranun people , formed the bulk of the Sultan's navy, leading coastal raids against settlements in the northern Philippines, as well as the ...
The Tausug of the era had trade relations with neighboring Tausug banwas, the Yakan people of Basilan, and the nomadic Sama-Bajau. The Tausug were Islamized in the 14th century and established the sultanate of Sulu in the 15th century, [10] [11] and eventually dominated the local Sama-Bajau people of the Sulu archipelago,
They speak a language known as Bissa Yakan, which has characteristics of both Sama-Bajau Sinama and Tausug (Jundam 1983: 7-8). It is written in the Malayan Arabic script, with adaptations to sounds not present in Arabic (Sherfan 1976). The Yakan have a traditional horse culture. They are renowned for their weaving traditions. [2]
Samma (Sindhi: سمان) is a tribe that has origins in Sindh. The Samma are spread across Pakistan and North-West India. The Sandhai Muslims are Samma who converted to Islam. Offshoots of the main branch of Samma include the Jadejas and Chudasamas of India.
Sama-Bajau peoples, a collective name for several ethnic groups in the Philippines, Sabah, eastern Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, and parts of Sarawak; Moken, an Austronesian ethnic group who maintain a nomadic, sea-based culture; Orang Laut, a group of Malay people living in the Riau Islands of Indonesia
The Banu Nabhan were dominant over the other tribes until the end of the 15th century. [11] There are records of personal visits by Nabhani rulers to Ethiopia, Zanzibar, the Lamu Archipelago of what is now Kenya, and Persia. [8] The al-Nabhani dynasty of Pate Island in the Lamu Archipelago claimed descent from the Omani dynasty. [13] [14]