Bonggi language

{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Sabah, Malaysia}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Bonggi

|states=Malaysia

|region=Sabah

|ethnicity=1,400 (1990)

|speakers=Unknown

|date=

|ref = e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=North Bornean

|fam4=Northeast Sabahan

|iso3=bdg

|glotto=bong1289

|glottorefname=Bonggi

|pushpin_map =Borneo#Malaysia

|pushpin_map_caption = Location of Banggi Island, where Banggi is spoken.

|coordinates = {{coord|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 – {{IPA|[a/ã/ə̃]}}, {{IPA|[ə]}} unstressed
e – {{IPA|[e/ə]}}
i – {{IPA|[i/ɪ]}}
o – {{IPA|[o/ɔ/ɔ̃]}}
u – {{IPA|[u/ʊ]}}
aa – {{IPA|[aː]}}
ee – {{IPA|[eː]}}
ii – {{IPA|[iː]}}
oo – {{IPA|[ɔː]}}
uu – {{IPA|[uː]}}
ai – {{IPA|[aj/ai]}}
ou – {{IPA|[ou]}}

=Consonants=

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

At the ends of words, k, p, and t are not released.{{cite web |title=Bonggi language |url=https://omniglot.com/writing/bonggi.htm |website=Omniglot |access-date=30 August 2021}}

Bonggi language

Orthography

=Vowels and diphthongs=

=Consonants=

References

Further reading