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Name: Sama, Southern Type: Language Alternate Names: Sinama; Sinama Tawi-Tawi; Sama Sibutu'; Sama Tawi-Tawi Spoken in: Malaysia, Philippines Number of speakers: 200,000 in Philippines (2007 SIL), increasing. 5,000 to 10,000 monolinguals. Population total all countries: 319,000 (Ethnologue) Code: ssb Code Standard: ISO 639-3 Documentation: SIL Families: Austronesian Parent Subgroup: Inner Sulu Sama (issa) Child Dialects: Ubian; Obian; Sama Ubian; Tau Ubian (ssb-ubi) Bajau Laut; Mandelaut; Pala'au; Sama Laut; Sama Mandelaut; Sama Pala'au; Sea Bajau; Sea Gypsies (ssb-bal) Bajau Darat (ssb-baj) Bajau Semporna; Bajau (Semporna); Bajau Asli; Kubang; Sama Kubang (ssb-bas) Sapa-Sapa (ssb-sap) Languyan (ssb-lan) Balimbing (ssb-bag) Sitangkai (ssb-sig) Sama; A'a Sama; Sama'; Samah; Samal; Samar (ssb-sam) Bajau Banaran (ssb-bab) Bongao (ssb-bon) Sikubung; Kubung; Sama Kubung (ssb-sik) Simunul; Sama Simunul (ssb-sim) Obian (ssb-obi) Tandubas (ssb-tan) Sibutu' (ssb-sit) Laminusa; Laminusa Sinama (ssb-lam)