Banggai
RegionSulawesi
Native speakers
130,000 (2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bgz
Glottologbang1368

The Banggai language is the main language spoken by the inhabitants of the Banggai Archipelago off the island of Sulawesi. It belongs to the Saluan–Banggai branch of the Celebic subgroup.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental/
Alveolar
Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d ɡ
prenasal vl. ᵐp ⁿt ᵑk
prenasal vd. ᵐb ⁿd ᵑɡ
Fricative s h
Rhotic r
Lateral l
Approximant w j

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a

References

  1. ^ Banggai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ van den Bergh, J. D. (1953). Spraakkunst van het Banggais. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff.

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