Bonggi language
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| Bonggi | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Malaysia |
| Region | Sabah |
| Ethnicity | 1,400 (1990)[1] |
Native speakers | Unknown[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bdg |
| Glottolog | bong1289 |
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Bonggi (Banggi) is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Bonggi people of Banggi Island, off the northern tip of Sabah, Malaysia.
Orthography
[edit | edit source]Vowels and diphthongs
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Bonggi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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Further reading
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