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Phonology

The vowels of Buol are . Stress falls on penultimate syllable, with sequence of like vowels counting as one syllable. The consonants are as follows: occurs in loans. are found in loans and a small number of native words, such as 'k.o. cricket', 'nine', 'bark slippers'. only occurs before , but there are near-minimal pairs such as 'fruit', 'leaf'. is pronounced after a front vowel, as in 'tongue'; if not preceded, but followed by a front vowel, as in 'chin'; and elsewhere. However, there is an exception with the sequences , where the first is pronounced , as in 'face'.

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