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Bajau, Indonesian

A language of Indonesia (Sulawesi)

ISO 639-3: bdl

Population	150,000 (2007 SIL). 5,000 or more in North Maluku (Grimes 1982), 8,000 to 10,000 in South Sulawesi (Grimes 1987), 7,000 in North Sulawesi and Gorontalo, 36,000 in Central Sulawesi, 40,000 in Southeast Sulawesi (Mead and Lee 2007), and several thousand in Nusa Tenggara (Wurm and Hattori 1981, Verhiejen 1986).
Region	North Maluku on Bacan, Obi, Kayoa and Sula Islands; South Sulawesi, Selayar, Bone, and Sinjai districts; Gorontalo Province, Popayato and Tilamuta subdistricts; North Sulawesi, Wori, Tumpaan and Belang subdistricts. Widespread throughout Central and Southeast Sulawesi and islands of the East Sunda Sea.
Language maps	Indonesia, Sulawesi, reference number 35 Indonesia, Sulawesi, reference number 35
Alternate names	Badjaw, Badjo, Bajao, Bajo, Bayo, Gaj, Luaan, Lutaos, Lutayaos, Orang Laut, Sama, Turije’ne’
Dialects	Jampea, Same’, Matalaang, Sulamu, Kajoa, Roti, Jaya Bakti, Poso, Togian 1, Togian 2, Wallace.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Barito, Sama-Bajaw, Sulu-Borneo, Borneo Coast Bajaw
Language use	Vigorous in north Maluku and Southeast Sulawesi. Also use Indonesian [ind].
Comments	Known as Bayo and Taurije’ne’ in the Makasar [mak] language. Known as Bajo in Buginese. Schools in some villages. They live in houses on stilts over water. Other Bajau languages are in Sabah, Malaysia, and the southern Philippines. Seamen. Muslim, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

LEE, Myung-young; MEAD, David, authors; NEVEUX, Chris, illustrator. 2007. "Mapping Indonesian Bajau communities in Sulawesi."  

YOUNGMAN, Scott, author. 2005. "Summary of Bajau lexicostatistics project (through October 1989)."