Austronesian language spoken in Sabah, Malaysia
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
Further reading
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