Buol phonology

Vowels are. Stress falls on penultimate syllable, with sequence of like vowels counting as one syllable. Consonants are:

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, but preceded 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'.