| Buol | |
|---|---|
| Apadu Vuolo | |
| Pronunciation | ['apadu 'βuɔʎɔ] |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Buol Regency,Central Sulawesi |
Native speakers | (96,000 cited 2000 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | blf |
| Glottolog | buol1237 |
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Buol (Bual, Bwo’ol, Bwool, Dia) is anAustronesian language spoken inBuol Regency (Central Sulawesi Province), northwesternSulawesi,Indonesia.
The vowels of Buol are/aeiou/.[2] Stress falls on penultimate syllable, with sequence of like vowels counting as one syllable.
The consonants are as follows:
| Labial | Apical | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t̪ | k | (ʔ) | |
| voiced | b | d | (dʒ) | ɡ | ||
| Fricative | β | (s) | (h) | |||
| Approximant | l | j | w | |||
| Trill | r | |||||
/dʒ/ occurs in loans./h/,/s/,/ʔ/ are found in loans and a small number of native words, such as/buahaŋa/ 'k.o. cricket',/sio/ 'nine',/naʔal/ 'bark slippers'.
/β/ only occurs before/u/, but there are near-minimal pairs such as/βuŋo/ 'fruit',/buŋol/ 'leaf'.
/l/ is pronounced[l] after a front vowel, as in[dila] 'tongue';[ɽ] if not preceded, but followed by a front vowel, as in[aɽe] 'chin'; and[ʎ] elsewhere. However, there is an exception with the sequences/lala,lola,lolo/, where the first/l/ is pronounced[l], as in/lolo/[loʎo] 'face'.
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