Buol language
| Buol | |
|---|---|
| Apadu Vuolo | |
| Pronunciation | ['apadu 'buoyo] |
| 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 an Austronesian language spoken in Buol Regency (Central Sulawesi Province), northwestern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Phonology
[edit]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:
| Labial | Apical | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ng | |||
| Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | k | (?) | |
| voiced | b | d | (dZ) | g | ||
| Fricative | b | (s) | (h) | |||
| Approximant | l | j | w | |||
| Trill | r | |||||
/dZ/ occurs in loans. /h/, /s/, /?/ are found in loans and a small number of native words, such as /buahanga/ 'k.o. cricket', /sio/ 'nine', /na?al/ 'bark slippers'.
/b/ only occurs before /u/, but there are near-minimal pairs such as /bungo/ 'fruit', /bungol/ 'leaf'.
/l/ is pronounced [l] after a front vowel, as in [dila] 'tongue'; [r] if not preceded, but followed by a front vowel, as in [are] 'chin'; and [y] elsewhere. However, there is an exception with the sequences /lala, lola, lolo/, where the first /l/ is pronounced [l], as in /lolo/ [loyo] 'face'.
References
[edit]- ^ Buol at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Zobel, Erik (2005). "Buol". In Adelaar, K. Alexander; Himmelmann, Nikolaus (eds.). The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar. London: Routledge. pp. 625-648. ISBN 0-7007-1286-0.
Further reading
[edit]- Ahmad, Garantjang; Arnir Kadir; Dahlan Kajia; Zohra Mahmud (1986). Struktur Bahasa Buol [Buol Language Structure] (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa.
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