Bajau is spoken as the primary language from the Philippines to Borneo to eastern Indonesia, by both nomadic and settled communities. It is also known as Badjaw, Badjo, Bajao, Bajo, Bayo, Gaj, Indonesian Bajaw, Orang Laut, Sama, and Terijene; see Simons & Fennig 2017. Glottolog.org lists ‘Indonesian Bajau’ as a language spoken on the south-eastern coast of Sulawesi, glottocode indo1317 and ISO 639-3 bdl. Clifton (2010) claims the population of Bajau speakers is 700,000–900,000, with around 150,000–230,000 in eastern Indonesia (Sather 1997) and 92,000 in Sulawesi (Mead & Lee 2007). There are also Bajau-speaking populations in the Philippines and Borneo (Jun 2005); see Figure 1. Bajau is classified as a threatened Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian language (Simons & Fennig 2017). It has been proposed that the language originated in the Zamboanga-Basilan area in southern Philippines (Jun 2005 citing Pallesen 1985).

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印度尼西亚巴瑶语（东龙目岛）

从菲律宾到婆罗洲到印度尼西亚东部，巴瑶语是游牧和定居社区的主要语言。它也被称为 Badjaw、Badjo、Bajao、Bajo、Bayo、Gaj、印度尼西亚 Bajaw、Orang Laut、Sama 和 Terijene；请参阅 Simons & Fennig 2017。Glottolog.org 将“印度尼西亚巴瑶语”列为苏拉威西岛东南海岸使用的一种语言，glotocode indo1317 和 ISO 639-3 bdl。Clifton (2010) 声称巴瑶语人口为 700,000–900,000，其中印度尼西亚东部约为 150,000–230,000 (Sather 1997)，苏拉威西岛为 92,000 (Mead & Lee 2007)。菲律宾和婆罗洲也有讲巴瑶语的人口（2005 年 6 月）；参见图 1。巴瑶语被归类为受威胁的南岛语、马来-波利尼西亚语（Simons & Fennig 2017）。