Bangka or Bangka Malay, is a
Malayic language
The Malayic languages are a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian language family. The most prominent member is Malay, which is the national language of Brunei, Singapore and Malaysia; it further serves as basis for Ind ...
spoken in
Indonesia
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, specifically on the Island of
Bangka in the
Bangka Belitung Islands
The Bangka Belitung Islands ( id, Kepulauan Bangka Belitung) is a province of Indonesia. Situated off the southeastern coast of Sumatra, the province comprises two main landmasses— Bangka and Belitung—and numerous smaller islands. Bangka Beli ...
of
Sumatra
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.
There are several
dialect
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One usage refers to a variety of a language that is ...
s of Bangka Malay, including Mentok, Belinyu, Sungailiat, Koba, Toboali and Lom (Belom, Mapor). The Lom community has lived separately from mainstream Malay and is known for refusing Islam. Bangka Malay has a distinct
vocabulary
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,
grammar
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and
phonology
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from other Malay languages.
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References
Agglutinative languages
Languages of Indonesia
Malay dialects
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Malayic languages