Austronesian language spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia
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.
Historically, Banggai was a spoken language without a long literary history. The earliest surviving manuscript in the Banggai language comes from the 19th century, the account of a Banggai fisherman who was sold into slavery by Maguindanaoan raiders in the 1860s-70s before escaping.[ 2]
/s/ may also be heard as prenasal [ⁿs] when after nasal sounds. Other sounds like [tʃ, dʒ, ɲ] are heard in loanwords from neighboring languages. Vowels /e, o/ can also be heard as [ɛ, ɔ] in closed syllables.[ 3] ^ Banggai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) ^ Velthoen, Esther Joy. "Contested Coastlines: Diasporas, Trade, and Colonial Expansion in Eastern Sulawesi, 1680-1905." pg. 212. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis. Australia: Murdoch University. Available online also at: https://www.oxis.org/theses/velthoen-2002.pdf [accessed in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia: August 10, 2018] (2002). ^ van den Bergh, J. D. (1953). Spraakkunst van het Banggais . The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff. Moseley, Christopher; Asher, E. R., eds. (1994). Atlas of the World's Languages . New York: Routelege. p. 122.
* indicates proposed status ? indicates classification dispute † indicates extinct status
* indicates proposed status ? indicates classification dispute † indicates extinct status