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===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
Is Burunking was originally written in a syllabary called ''hookozoi'', mainly carved into wood or, occasionally, stone. | Is Burunking was originally written in a syllabary called ''hookozoi'', mainly carved into wood or, occasionally, stone. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! !! a !! e !! i !! o !! u !! Ø | |||
|- | |||
! Ø | |||
| a || e || i || o || u || style="background: lightgray;" | | |||
|- | |||
! y | |||
| ya || ye || yi || yo || yu || style="background: lightgray;" | | |||
|- | |||
! w | |||
| wa || we || wi || wo || wu || style="background: lightgray;" | | |||
|- | |||
! b | |||
| ba || be || bi || bo || bu || style="background: lightgray;" | | |||
|- | |||
! d | |||
| da || de || ji || do || style="background: lightgray;" | || style="background: lightgray;" | | |||
|- | |||
! g | |||
| ga || ge || gi || go || style="background: lightgray;" | || style="background: lightgray;" | | |||
|- | |||
! p | |||
| pa || pe || style="background: lightgray;" | || style="background: lightgray;" | || pu || style="background: lightgray;" | | |||
|- | |||
! t | |||
| ta || te || chi || to || style="background: lightgray;" | || style="background: lightgray;" | | |||
|- | |||
! k | |||
| ka || ke || ki || ko || style="background: lightgray;" | || style="background: lightgray;" | | |||
|- | |||
! f | |||
| fa || fe || fi || fo || fu || style="background: lightgray;" | | |||
|- | |||
! h | |||
| ha || he || style="background: lightgray;" | || ho || style="background: lightgray;" | || style="background: lightgray;" | | |||
|- | |||
! x | |||
| xa || xe || xi || xo || xu || style="background: lightgray;" | | |||
|- | |||
! s | |||
| sa || se || style="background: lightgray;" | || so || su || s | |||
|- | |||
! sh | |||
| sha || she || shi || sho || shu || sh | |||
|- | |||
! m | |||
| ma || me || style="background: lightgray;" | || style="background: lightgray;" | || mu || rowspan="2;" | m/n | |||
|- | |||
! n | |||
| na || ne || ni || no || nu | |||
|- | |||
! ng | |||
| nga || nge || ngi || ngo || style="background: lightgray;" | || ng | |||
|- | |||
! l | |||
| la || le || li || lo || lu || style="background: lightgray;" | | |||
|- | |||
! r | |||
| ra || re || ri || ro || ru || style="background: lightgray;" | | |||
|- | |||
! z | |||
| za || ze || zi || zo || zu || z | |||
|} | |||
When the language was initially discovered by Europeans the Greek alphabet was used in its transcription, but later studies preferred to use the Latin script, which is still used today. | When the language was initially discovered by Europeans the Greek alphabet was used in its transcription, but later studies preferred to use the Latin script, which is still used today. | ||
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! style="width: 90px; " |Graph | ! style="width: 90px; " |Graph | ||
! style="width: 90px; " |IPA | ! style="width: 90px; " |IPA | ||
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In word or syllable initial position the sequences ''ii, uu'' are written ''yi, wu''. The glide /j/ is always written ''y'' but /w/ is written ''u'' following a consonant and ''w'' syllable initially. | In word or syllable initial position the sequences ''ii, uu'' are written ''yi, wu''. The glide /j/ is always written ''y'' but /w/ is written ''u'' following a consonant and ''w'' syllable initially. | ||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== |
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