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.
Vowels and diphthongs
[edit] - 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]
- 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]
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- * indicates proposed status
- ? indicates classification dispute
- † indicates extinct status
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