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Bonggi
Native to	Malaysia
Region	Sabah
Ethnicity	1,400 (1990)
Native speakers
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean Northeast Sabahan Bonggi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bdg
Glottolog	bong1289
BonggiLocation of Banggi Island, where Banggi is spoken.Show map of BorneoBonggiBonggi (Malaysia)Show map of Malaysia
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 – , 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

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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