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Bonggi language

Austronesian language spoken in Sabah, Malaysia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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.

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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]

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