Bajau

== English == === Alternative forms === Badjao, Bajao (Philippines) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Indonesian Bajau bajau. === Noun === Bajau (plural Bajaus or Bajau) (geography) An island in Indonesia (part of the Riau Islands) with the coordinate location 3°7'31.84"N, 106°18'38.30"E. (ethnology) The indigenous people native to Bajau island (part of modern-day Indonesia), these ethnic group nowadays predominantly inhabit the Bajau island and its adjacent regions in Indonesia and also expanded to the southern Philippines. ==== Synonyms ==== (member of people in Indonesia and southern Philippines): sea gypsy === Proper noun === Bajau (linguistic) The native language spoken by the Bajau people (the indigenous of Bajau island in Indonesia). 2007, Mark T. Miller, A Grammar of West Coast Bajau, PhD Thesis. ==== Further reading ==== (ISO 639-3 language codes) Ethnologue entry for Bajau, bdl ⁠ Ethnologue entry for Bajau, bdr ⁠ === Anagrams === Abuja == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Indonesian Bajau bajau. === Noun === Bajau (geography) an island part of the Riau Islands with the coordinate location 3°7'31.84"N, 106°18'38.30"E (ethnology) the indigenous people native to the Bajau island (part of the Riau Islands) (linguistic) the native language of Bajau people predominantly spoken in Bajau island and its adjacent regions alternative form of Bajo ==== Further reading ==== (ISO 639-3 language code) Ethnologue entry for Bajau, bdl ⁠