Buol language
| Buol | |
|---|---|
| Bwo’ol | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Central Sulawesi |
Native speakers | 96,000 (2000 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
blf |
| Glottolog |
buol1237[2] |
Buol (Bual, Bwo’ol, Bwool, Dia) is a Philippine language spoken in North-eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Phonology
Vowels are /a e i o u/. Stress falls on penultimate syllable, with sequence of like vowels counting as one syllable. Consonants are:
| p | t̪ | k | (ʔ) | |
| b | d | (dʒ) | ɡ | |
| m | n̪ | ŋ | ||
| β | (s) | (h) | ||
| r | ʎ | |||
| w | j |
/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'.
/ʎ/ is pronounced [l] after a front vowel, as in [dila] 'tongue'; [] if not, but preceded by a front vowel, as in [ae] 'chin'; and [ʎ] elsewhere. However, there is an exception with the sequences /ʎaʎa, ʎoʎa, ʎoʎo/, where the first /ʎ/ is pronounced [l], as in /ʎoʎo/ [loʎo] 'face'.
References
- "Buol" in K. Alexander Adelaar & Nikolaus Himmelmann, 2005, The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar
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