Bangka or Bangka Malay, is a
Malayic language spoken in
Indonesia, specifically on the Island of
Bangka in the
Bangka Belitung Islands of
Sumatra.[2] There are several
dialects 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,
grammar and
phonology from other Malay languages.[1]
Final /
ʔ/ in some root words in Bangka Malay correspond to Standard Malay/Indonesian /
h/ such as Bangka Malay tarok/taroʔ/ which corresponds to Standard Malay/Indonesian taruh/taruh/ "to place".[3]
In writing, /
e/ and /
ə/ are both represented as ⟨e⟩.[4]
Final /
a/ in Baku Malay/Indonesian correspond to /
ə/ in Bangka Malay, so Baku Malay/Indonesian ada/ada/ "to have" corresponds to Bangka Malay ade/adə/.[3]
Baku Malay/Indonesian /
i/ and /
u/ in closed syllables correspond to lower /
e/ and /
o/ in Bangka Malay, so Baku Malay/Indonesian pasir/pasir/ "sand" and taruh/taruh/ "to place" correspond to Bangka Malay paser/paser/ and tarok/taroʔ/.[3]
Morphology
Verb-deriving affixes
In Bangka Malay, there are four types of verb-deriving affixes,[5] which are:
The interchangeable nasal prefixes, ngeN-/ŋəN-/ and N-/N-/
The be-/bə-/ prefix (with a ber-[bər-] allomorph before vowel-initial roots)
The te-/tə-/ prefix (with a ter-[tər-] allomorph before vowel-initial roots)
Miyake, Yoshimi; Sarman, Hendry; Fithrorozi (31 March 2022).
"A preliminary study of Belitung Malay". NUSA: Linguistic studies of languages in and around Indonesia. 72: 17. Retrieved 2 January 2024 – via TUFS Prometheus Academic Collections.