Diving Sama-Bajau child at Davao Gulf, Philippines
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Total population | |
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Total: 1,093,672+ worldwide. At least 470,000 in the Philippines; At least 436,672 in Sabah, Malaysia; 175,000 in Indonesia; 12,000 in Brunei. | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Philippines Indonesia Elsewhere |
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Languages | |
Sinama,Bajau, Tausūg, Zambaongueño Chavacano, Cebuano, Tagalog, Malay, Bugis, Indonesian and English | |
Religion | |
Sunni Islam (majority), Folk Islam, Animism, Christianity |
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Related ethnic groups | |
Yakan, Iranun, Tausūg, other Moros, Filipinos Malays, Bugis, and other wider Austronesian peoples |
Philippines
(Sulu Archipelago, Zamboanga Peninsula, Davao del Sur, Mindanao)
Indonesia
(Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku Islands, Bird's Head Peninsula, Kangean Islands)