Bonggi language

Bonggi (Banggi) is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Bonggi people of Banggi Island, off the northern tip of Sabah, Malaysia.

Bonggi
Native toMalaysia
RegionSabah
Native speakers
(1,400 cited 1990)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bdg
Glottologbong1289
Bonggi
Location of Banggi Island, where Banggi is spoken.
Bonggi
Bonggi (Malaysia)
Coordinates: 7°15′0″N 117°10′0″E

Orthography

Vowels and diphthongs

  • a - [a/ã/ə̃], [ə] unstressed
  • e - [e/ə]
  • i - [i/ɪ]
  • o - [o/ɔ/ɔ̃]
  • u - [u/ʊ]
  • aa - [aː]
  • ee - [eː]
  • ii - [iː]
  • oo - [ɔː]
  • uu - [uː]
  • ai - [aj/ai]
  • ou - [ou]

Consonants

  • b - [b], [β] between vowels, [bʷ/βʷ] before u
  • d - [d], [dʲ] before i
  • f - [f]
  • g - [g], [gʷ] before u
  • h - [k/h], [hʲ] before i, [ʔ] at the end of a word
  • j - [j/d͡ʒ]
  • k - [k/k']
  • l - [l], [lʲ] before i
  • m - [m/mʷ]
  • n - [n/dn/n]
  • ng - [ŋ]
  • p - [p/ɸ/ɸʷ]
  • r - [ɾ/r]
  • s - [s]
  • t - [t/t']
  • w - [w]
  • y - [j]

At the ends of words, k, p, and t are not released.[2]

References

  1. Bonggi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. "Bonggi language". Omniglot. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

Further reading


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