Bangka

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
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User Population

340,000 (2000 census). 50 or less speakers of the Lom dialect (Wurm 2007).

Location

Bangka Belitung Islands province: widespread, Bangka island.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Malayic, Malay
Dialects

North Bangka, South Bangka, Lom (Belom, Mapor), Central Bangka, Capital City Urban Bangka, Port Urban Bangka. A member of macrolanguage Malay [msa].

Language Use

Lom dialect seriously endangered or moribund (2000 S. Wurm).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bangka
Other Comments

A network of dialects with distinct lexical, phonological, and grammatical innovations set Bangka apart from other Malay speech varieties. Muslim, traditional religion.