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Sama, Pangutaran

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3: slm

Population	35,200 (2000).
Region	West central Sulu, Pangutaran Island, west of Jolo, Mindanao. Also southern Palawan, Cagayan de Tawi-Tawi.
Language map	Southern Philippines, reference number 116
Alternate names	Siyama
Dialects	Intelligibility of Central Sama [sml] 65%.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Barito, Sama-Bajaw, Sulu-Borneo, Western Sulu Sama
Language use	Vigorous. All domains. Oral use in education for explanations. Market. Some written use in communications. Positive attitude. Also use Tausug [tsg] or Filipino [fil]. Some who have been to Malaysia also speak Malay [zlm].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 25%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–35%. NT: 1994.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Agriculturalists: casava, maize, cocopalm cultivation. Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

WALTON, Charles, author. 1978. "Sama Pangutaran [language text]."  

WALTON, Charles, author. 1979. "Pangutaran (Sama) phonology."  

WALTON, Charles, author. 1983. Sama verbal semantics: classification, derivation and inflection.

WALTON, Charles, author. 1986. Sama verbal semantics: Classification, derivation and inflection.  

WALTON, Charles, author. 1997. "The uses of pseudo-cleft sentences in Sama narrative discourse."

WALTON, Charles; WALTON, Janice R., authors. 1992. English-Pangutaran Sama dictionary.