TheBanggai language is the main language spoken by the inhabitants of theBanggai Archipelago off the island ofSulawesi. It belongs to theSaluan–Banggai branch of theCelebic 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 byMaguindanaoan 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]

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• Moseley, Christopher; Asher, E. R., eds. (1994).Atlas of the World's Languages. New York: Routelege. p. 122.

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