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2 unusual facts about Sea Gypsies


Moken language

The Moken language is a half dozen closely related varieties spoken by the Moken "Sea Gypsies" off the coast of Burma and Thailand.

Surin Islands

The Surin Islands host to two small communities of the small ethnic Moken minority, which belongs to the groups known as "Chao Lay" or "Sea Gypsies".


Sama–Bajaw languages

The Sama–Bajaw languages are a well established group of languages spoken by the Bajau ('Sea Gypsies') and Sama (Sinama) peoples of the Philippines and Malaysia, on Borneo and the Sulu Archipelago between Borneo and Mindanao.


see also

Philippine languages

In linguistics, the Philippine languages are a 1991 proposal by Robert Blust that all the languages of the Philippines and northern Sulawesi—except Sama–Bajaw (languages of the "Sea Gypsies") and a few languages of Palawan—form a subfamily of Austronesian languages.