ased a ▁University ▁al umn i <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁S ama – B aj aw ▁languages ▁are ▁a ▁well ▁established ▁group ▁of ▁languages ▁spoken ▁by ▁the ▁S ama - B aj au ▁pe op les ▁of ▁the ▁Philippines , ▁Indones ia ▁and ▁Malays ia . ▁They ▁are ▁mainly ▁spoken ▁on ▁Bor neo ▁and ▁the ▁Sul u ▁Arch ip el ago ▁between ▁Bor neo ▁and ▁Mind ana o . ▁ ▁L anguages ▁Gr imes ▁( 2 0 0 3 ) ▁ident ifies ▁nine ▁S ama – B aj aw ▁languages . ▁ ▁Bal anging i ▁( B anging i '; ▁Northern ▁S ama ) ▁Central ▁S ama ▁( S ias a ▁S ama ) ▁Southern ▁S ama ▁( S in ama ) ▁P ang ut aran ▁S ama ▁Map un ▁( K ag ay an ) ▁Y ak an ▁Ab ak non ▁( In ab ak non ) ▁Indones ian ▁B aj au ▁West ▁Coast ▁B aj au ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁six ▁are ▁spoken ▁in ▁the ▁Sul u ▁region ▁of ▁the ▁Southern ▁Philippines . ▁Indones ian ▁B aj aw ▁is ▁spoken ▁mainly ▁in ▁Sul aw esi ▁and ▁West ▁Coast ▁B aj aw ▁in ▁Sab ah , ▁Bor neo . ▁Several ▁dialect s ▁of ▁the ▁languages ▁can ▁be ▁identified . ▁ ▁Bl ust ▁( 2 0 0 6 ) ▁states ▁that ▁lex ical ▁evidence ▁indicates ▁that ▁S ama – B aj aw ▁origin ated ▁in ▁the ▁Bar ito ▁region ▁of ▁sout heast ▁Bor neo , ▁though ▁not ▁from ▁any ▁established ▁group ▁of ▁Bar ito ▁languages