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 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

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.