Bonggi language
# 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 – [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.

