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Language: Sama, Southern

Population of Groups Speaking

268,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Sama, Southern	Malaysia	18,000	267,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Sama, Southern	Philippines	249,000	267,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Totals: 2						2 ●			6

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Sama, Kissama	Angola	59,000	59,000	●	Christianity	4 ●	65.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
	Totals: 1						0 ●			0

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	ssb
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Portions
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Language Alternate Names
A'a Sama
Bajau Asli
Bajau Kubang
Bajau Laut (Mandelaut)
Bajau Semporna (Bajau Asli)
Bajau Simunul
Bajau Ubian
Balimbing
Benadan
Binadan
Bongao
Kubang
Kubung
Laminusa (Laminusa Sinama)
Laminusa Sinama
Languyan
Mandelaut
Obian
Pala'au
Sama
Sama'
Sama (A'a Sama)
Sama Dilaut
Sama Kubang
Sama Kubung
Sama Laut
Sama Mandelaut
Sama Pala'au
Sama Sibutu
Sama Simunul
Sama Tawi-Tawi
Sama Ubian
Samah
Samah Lumbuh
Samah-Samah
Samal
Samar
Sapa-Sapa
Sea Bajau
Sea Gypsies
Sibutu
Sibutu' (Sibutu)
Sibutuq
Sinama
Sinama Tawi-Tawi
Sitangkai
Southern Bajau
Southern Sinama
Tau Ubian
Tawi-Tawi Sinama

Dialects
Bajau Banaran
Bajau Darat
Bajau Laut
Bajau Semporna
Denawan
Laminusa
Obian
Sama
Sibutu
Sibutu'
Sibutu’
Sikubung
Simunul
Southern
Tandubas
Ubian

Dialect Alternate Names
A'a Sama
Bajau Asli
Kubang
Kubung
Laminusa Sinama
Mandelaut
North Ubian
Obian
Pala'au
Sama'
Sama Kubang
Sama Kubung
Sama Laut
Sama Mandelaut
Sama Pala'au
Sama Sibutu
Sama Sibutu'
Sama Simunul
Sama Ubian
Sama, Southern: Obian
Sama, Southern: Sibutu
Sama, Southern: Ubian
Sama, Timugang bahagi
Sama: Obian
Samah
Samah Lumbuh
Samah-samah
Samal
Samal: North Ubian
Samar
Sea Bajau
Sea Gypsies
Sibutu
Sibutuq
Sinama Tawi-Tawi
Tau Ubian
Ubian

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1979-2016
New Testament	None Reported
Complete Bible	None Reported

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Sama, Southern
Film / Video	Magdalena (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	The Hope Video
Text / Printed Matter	Online Bible text (Scripture Earth)

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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