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Sama-Bajau peoples

Sama-Bajau people
Sama-Bajau woman anchoring a family boat (banglo) in Malaysia A typical Sama-Bajau settlement in the Philippines
Total population
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
(Sulu Archipelago, Zamboanga Peninsula, Davao del Sur, Mindanao)


 Malaysia
(Sabah)


 Indonesia
(Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku Islands, Bird's Head Peninsula, Kangean Islands)


 Brunei


Elsewhere
Languages
Sinama,Bajau, Tausūg, Zambaongueño Chavacano, Cebuano, Tagalog, Malay, Bugis, Indonesian and English
Religion
Sunni Islam (majority),
Folk Islam, Animism, Christianity
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)

 Malaysia
(Sabah)

 Indonesia
(Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku Islands, Bird's Head Peninsula, Kangean Islands)

 Brunei


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