Bonggi language

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Bonggi
Native toMalaysia
RegionSabah
Native speakers
(1,400 cited 1990)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3bdg
Glottologbong1289
Approximate location where Bonggi is spoken
Approximate location where Bonggi is spoken
Bonggi
Location of Banggi Island, where Banggi is spoken.
Coordinates: 7°15′0″N 117°10′0″E / 7.25000°N 117.16667°E / 7.25000; 117.16667

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.


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