title: Bonggi language
text: # 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.
  
  