Sam-Sam language
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| Hilling Sama Laut Hilling Sinama Laut | |
| Spoken natively in |
 Phinbella |
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| Region | Coastal areas of the Territory of Kota Hilir, Straits Settlements, Tri-State Area, the Federal Special Capital Territory and the Territory of Flower |
| Ethnicity | Sam-Sam Laut |
| Number of speakers | c. 1.2 milion |
| Language family |
Austronesian
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| Writing system |
Latin Arabic (Jawi) Hangul Phinbellan Braille |
| Source | Sama language (especially Ubian and Simunul dialect), Phineaner, Arboric, Common Tongue, Martino, Tausug, Torosiaje dialect |
| Dialects |
Hilling Hillilan (Kota Hilir) Hilling Bombaram (Springwind Islands) |
Sam-Sam Laut language, known as Hilling Sinama Laut is a language spoken by the Sam-Sam Laut people who are sea gypsies found in Phinbella, especially in the special administrative territory of Kota Hilir and Tri-State Area, and also found in the coastal area of the Federal Special Capital Territory, Territory of Flower, Straits Settlements and Tanah Tōnán'hyôrï. The Sam-Sam Laut language is one of the languages of the Sama-Bajo languages group, especially from the southern Sama branch. Therefore, from its branch, this language has a strong influence from the Sug language and it has less resemblance to the Phineaner language, and it is divided into several dialects that have different phonology and vocabulary.
Another thing related to the Phineaner language is the pronunciation of vowels or consonants at the beginning, middle or end of the word, for example "tetak" is called "tetok", "sepak" is called "sipak", "kucing" is called "kuting", "satu" is called " issa" where the origin of this word is "*esa" meaning "one" or "single" (in addition to the words "dikauh" or "dikayuh") and others.
The Sam-Sam Laut language spoken in the coastal areas and Phinbellan waters is very different from the Bajau Samah or Tenpasuku language which is widely spoken in the territories of Dindings and Turku and Hōri, as well as in the land areas of the Federal Special Capital Territory and Tri-State Area. However, it has many similarities with Bajau Samah language, because both of these languages are in the same language group.
