DOI: https://doi.org/10.14710/parole.v16i1.27-40

The Distribution of Isolects in Payung Sub-District, South Bangka Regency: A Dialectometric Study

1Department of English Literature, Universitas Bangka Belitung, Indonesia

2Department of English Education, Universitas Bangka Belitung, Indonesia

Received: 3 Mar 2026; Revised: 19 Mar 2026; Accepted: 29 Mar 2026; Available online: 13 Mar 2026; Published: 13 Apr 2026.
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The present research aims to analyze the distribution of isolects in Payung Sub-district, South Bangka Regency, and determine their linguistic status within the southern Bangka dialect. Using a synchronic mixed-method approach, data were collected through interview and recording from 27 informants in eight observation points (OPs) using a 200-word Swadesh list. Dialectometric analysis was then applied to quantify the lexical and phonological distances between OPs. The results indicate that the variations in Payung Sub-district consist of sub-dialect and speech differences, with phonological differences ranging from 3% to 11%, marked by sound correspondence including diphthongization, vowel lowering, centralization, denasalization and lenition, while lexical difference ranges from 3% to 12,5%, implying the notion of retention, which native speakers refer to “bahasa kampong”. Geographically, while enclave regions maintain sub-dialectal features, variations are more frequently pronounced along the sub-district borderlines. This provides empirical evidence of a dialect continuum where the level of mutual intelligibility among sub-district is still high.

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Keywords: bangka malay; dialects; dialectometric; synchronic; speech varieties
Funding: LPPM Universitas Bangka Belitung

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