Bonggi language

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 – , unstressed
• e –
• i –
• o –
• u –
• aa –
• ee –
• ii –
• oo –
• uu –
• ai –
• ou –

Consonants

• b – , between vowels, before u
• d – , before i
• f –
• g – , before u
• h – , before i, at the end of a word
• j –
• k –
• l – , before i
• m –
• n –
• ng –
• p –
• r –
• s –
• t –
• w –
• y –

At the ends of words, k, p, and t are not released.

References

Further reading