Bonggi (Banggi) is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Bonggi people of Banggi Island, off the northern tip of Sabah, Malaysia.
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
- ^ a b Bonggi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Bonggi language". Omniglot. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
Further reading
- Boutin, Michael E. (1994). Aspect in Bonggi (PhD thesis). University of Florida – via the Internet Archive.
