Belitung in Indonesia  Joshua Project has identified the
Belitung only in Indonesia      Largest Religion  Main Language
The Sumatran Malays  Source Asia Harvest
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Introduction / History  The Belitung live on Belitung Island in
Bangka-Belitung Province. The Belitung call themselves Urang
Belitong. The Belitung language is a branch of the Malay
language cluster. A distinctive feature of their language is
that it does not have the letter 'h' and that they use the
letter 'e' (as in the vowel in the word 'bet') at the end of
words that normally end with an 'a'. For example hujan (rain)
becomes ujan, putih (white) becomes pute, and apa (what) becomes
ape. Another distinctive feature is that they use derived terms
from two or more words. For example, hendak kemana (where do you
want to go) becomes nakmane. This is similar to Bangka language,
but Bangka uses the phoneme /e/, which is similar to the "a" in
the English word 'mate'.  What are Their Lives Like?  T