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Kode: bdl Nama: Bajau Indonesia Sulawesi island: widespread throughout north central area; North Maluku :: on Bacan, Kayoa, Obi, and Sula islands. 150,000 (Mead et al 2007). 5,000 or more in North Maluku (Grimes 1982), 8,000 to 10,000 in South Sulawesi (Grimes and Grimes 1987), 7,000 in North Sulawesi and Gorontalo, 36,000 in Central Sulawesi, 40,000 in Southeast Sulawesi (Mead et al 2007), and several thousand in Nusa Tenggara (Wurm and Hattori 1981, Verheijen 1986). Badjaw, Badjo, Bajao, Bajo, Bayo, Ba?ong Sama, Gaj, Indonesian Bajaw, Orang Laut, Sama, Taurije’ne’. Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Barito, Sama-Bajaw, Sulu-Borneo, Borneo Coast Bajaw Borneo Coast Bajaw Jampea, Same’, Matalaang, Sulamu, Kajoa, Roti, Jaya Bakti, Poso, Togian 1, Togian 2, Wallace. 6b (Threatened). Known as Bayo and Taurije’ne’ in the Makasar mak language. Known as Bajo in Buginese bug. Schools in some villages. They live in houses on stilts over water. Other Bajau languages are in Sabah, Malaysia, and the southern Philippines. Muslim, traditional religion.

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Bajau:

Agama Primer	:	Islam
Penganut Kristen	:	0.03%
Persentase Penginjilan	:	0.01%
Jendela 10/40	:	Y

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Ethnologue: bdl