Bonggi language

Bonggi
Native to	Malaysia
Region	Sabah
Ethnicity	1,400 (1990)[1]
Native speakers	[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean Northeast Sabahan Bonggi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bdg
Glottolog	bong1289
Bonggi Location of Banggi Island, where Banggi is spoken. Show map of Borneo Bonggi Bonggi (Malaysia) Show map of Malaysia
Coordinates: 7°15′0″N 117°10′0″E

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

1. Bonggi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. "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.