Buol language

Buol (Bual, Bwo’ol, Bwool, Dia) is an Austronesian language spoken in Buol Regency (Central Sulawesi Province), northwestern Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Buol
Apadu Vuolo
Pronunciation	['apadu 'βuɔʎɔ]
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Buol Regency, Central Sulawesi
Native speakers	(96,000 cited 2000 census)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Gorontalo–Mongondow Gorontalic Buol
Language codes
ISO 639-3	blf
Glottolog	buol1237
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Phonology

The vowels of Buol are /a e i o u/.^[2] Stress falls on penultimate syllable, with sequence of like vowels counting as one syllable.

The consonants are as follows:

Buol Consonants

		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'.