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- Austronesian
- Sama–Bajaw
- West Coast Bajau
ISO 639-3 · bdrbdr
Austronesian family
West Coast Bajau
ling Sama
West Coast Bajau is a language of the Sama–Bajaw branch (Austronesian), spoken in Malaysia. Wikidata counts about 210,000 speakers (2010). Wikidata describes it as “language spoken in certain areas in Sabah, Malaysia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bdr- Glottocode
west2560- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Centre point
- 5.30, 116.00
- Wikipedia
- 10 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | West Coast Bajau · ling Sama |
|---|---|
| Also called | West Coast Bajau language, Sama Bajau language, ling Sama, bdr |
| All speakers | 210,000 (2010) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to West Coast Bajau
The branches above West Coast Bajau, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
1039Austronesianfamily944Malayo-Polynesianbranch28Western Malayo-Polynesianbranch8Sama–BajawbranchbdrWest Coast Bajaulanguage
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Malaysia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 maraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafepanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafejavJavaneseAustronesian · 84.3 m4 · EducationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalyueYue ChineseSino-Tibetan · 62.2 m2 · Provincial