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* Syllables could end with single ''l, r, n, s'' or complex ''ls, rs, ns''.
* Syllables could end with single ''l, r, n, s'' or complex ''ls, rs, ns''.


Several early processes changed this situation:
====Roots and Derivation====
* Initial ''sp, sk, st'' and final ''ps, ks, ts'' became ''z'' [s] while ''s'' was [s̟].
Proto-Burunking words consisted of a root, which usually took the form of a CVC, CVCV or CVCVC. Roots had no particular part of speech (though they were more commonly nominal or adjectival in their base form), and the inflexional morphology determined the semantics of a root. Vowel-final roots may take an extension, mainly ''-n, -, -r'' or ''-s'' which does not alter the meaning fundamentally.
* ''h'' was lost leading to the development of long vowels and diphthongs. This initially appears to have occurred between a non-high vowel and a high vowel, leading to the development of ''ai, au, ei, eu, oi'' which were later monophthongised. After ''lh, nh, rh'' became ''ll, nn, rr''.
* The syllable-final consonants ''l, n, r, s, z'' altered in word-final and pre-consonantal position, becoming ''i, ng, z, sh, s'' in the former and ''u, n, -, i, -'' in the latter.


====New Vowels====
Some common prefixes include:
First h-loss:
* ''*ha-'' to create nominals
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
* ''*he-'' to create a non-finite verb
|-
* ''*hi-'' a collective
! width="50px;" | !! width="100px;" |  hi !! width="100px;" | hu
 
|-
Some common suffixes include:
! a
* ''-i'' past participle
| ai > ɛː > ya || au > ɔː > ua
* ''*-hi'' attributive
|-
* ''*-s'' creates nominals
! e
| ei > eː > ye || eu > oː > ue
|-
! i
| ii || yu
|-
! o
| oi > øː > yo || ou > oː > ue
|-
! u
| ui || uu
|}


Second h-loss:
===Chronology of Changes===
* '''Initial Cluster simplification:''' initial ''sp, sk, st'' became ''s'' [s] while earlier ''s'' > ''sh'.
** New ''s'' also develops after final ''l, n, r''.
* '''''P'' becomes ''f'''''
* '''H-loss:''' occurred in the following stages:
** initially, leading to word-initial vowels (e.g. ''ha-'' > ''a-'')
** after ''l, n, r'' which became ''L, N, R''
** medially, giving rise to new long vowels and diphthongs:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"  
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"  
|-
|-
! width="50px;" | !! width="100px;" |  ha !! width="100px;" | he !! width="100px;" |  ho
! width="50px;" | !! width="100px;" |  ha !! width="100px;" | he !! width="100px;" |  hi !! width="100px;" |  hu !! width="100px;" |  hu
|-
|-
! a
! a
| aa || ae > ai || ao > au
| aa > a || ae > ee > e || ai || ao > oo > o || au  
|-
|-
! e
! e
| ya || ee || eo > eu  
| ea > aa > a || ee > e || ei || eo > oo > o || eu  
|-
|-
! i
! i
| ya || ye || yo  
| ya || ye || ii > i || yo || yu
|-
|-
! o
! o
| ua || ue || oo  
| oa > aa > a || oe > ee > e || oi || oo > o || ou
|-
|-
! u
! u
| ua || ue || uo
| ua || ue || ui || uo || uu > u
|}
|}
* '''Fortition of final consonants:''' ''l > L, n > N, r > R,'' (merging with existing ''L, N, R < lh, nh, rh''), and ''s > ts, s > tsh''
** Strong consonants are retained in derived words between vowels but return to their weak counterparts before consonants
* '''Changes to diphthongs:''' following the reduction of earlier long vowels, diphthongs become long vowels and then diphthongs:
** ''ai > ɛː > ya''
** ''au > ɔː > ua''
** ''ei > eː > ye''
** ''eu, ou > oː > ue''
** ''oi > øː > yo''
* '''Elimination of final clusters:'''
** ''l'' is vocalised to ''u'' before all consonants leading to new diphthongs ''au, eu, yu, ou'' and long ''uu'', so ''Vlts > Vuts''
** ''nts'' becomes ''ts''
** ''rts'' becomes ''rVts''
*** elsewhere within a root, ''rC'' > ''rVC'' (e.g. ''erdi > eredi'').
* '''Vowel Raising:''' ''i'' and ''u'' raise ''a, e, o'' to ''e/o, i, u'' in a preceding vowel. This process is regressive so a new ''i'' or ''u'' raises the preceding vowel again, e.g. '' eredi > eridi > iridi''.
* '''Lenition of medial ''s, sh'' to ''h, x'' and ''ts, tsh'' to ''s, sh'''''.
** This creates new diphthongs and long vowels as ''VhC, VxC'' become ''VVC, ViC''.
* '''N, L, R''' become ''ɲ, ʎ, ʐ'' then ''ng, i, z''.
* '''Palatalization''' of ''t, d, s'' to ''ch, j, sh'' before ''i, y'' and ''n, l, r'' become ''ɲ, ʎ, ʐ'' then ''ng, i, z''.
* '''Labialization''' of ''k, g, t, d, ng''  to ''p, b, s, z, m'' before ''u''.
* '''Vowel Lowering:''' an ''a'' causes a preceding ''i, u'' to become ''e, o'', except where it is blocked by an intervening semivowel.
* '''''r''C > CC'''


Vowel affection:
Vowel affection:
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|-
|-
! o
! o
| || u ||  
| || u || u
|-
|-
! u
! u
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|-
|-
! Final
! Final
| colspan="9;" | || sh || s || ng || || i || || z ||
| colspan="9;" | || sh || s || || ng ||  || i || || z
|}
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" width="90%;"
|-
! rowspan="2;" | !! rowspan="2;" | Ø !! colspan="8;" | Fortis !! colspan="8;" | Lenis
|-
! p !! t !! k !! tz !! ts !! N !! L !! R !! b !! d !! g !! z !! s !! n !! l !! r
|-
! a
| a || fa || ta || ka || sa || sha || nga || ya || za || ba || da || ga || ha || xa || na || la || ra
|-
! e
| e || fe || te || ke || se || she || nge || ye || ze || be || de || ge || he || xe || ne || le || re
|-
! o
| o || fo || to || ko || so || sho || ngo || yo || zo || bo || do || go || ho || xo || no || lo || ro
|-
! i
| i || fi || chi || ki || colspan="2;" | shi || ngi || yi || zi || bi || ji || gi || colspan="2;" | xi || ni || li || ri
|-
! ai
| colspan="2;" | ya || cha || kya || colspan="2;" | sha || nga || ya || za || bya || ja || gya || colspan="2;" | xa || nga || ya || za
|-
! ei
| colspan="2;" | ye || che || kye || colspan="2;" | she || nge || ye || ze || bye || je || gye || colspan="2;" | xe || nge || ye || ze
|-
! eu
| colspan="2;" | yo || cho || kyo || colspan="2;" | sho || ngo || yo || zo || byo || jo || gyo || colspan="2;" | xo || ngo || yo || zo
|-
! u
| u || fu || su || pu || su || shu || mu || yu || zu || bu || zu || bu || fu || xu || nu || lu || ru
|-
! au
| ua || fa || sua || pa || sua || shua || ma || yua || zua || bua || zua || ba || colspan="2;" | fa || nua || lua || rua
|-
! oi
| ue || fe || sue || pe || sue || shue || me || yue || zue || bue || zue || be || colspan="2;" | fe || nue || lue || rue
|-
! +C
| colspan="12;" | || VVC<sup><small>VL</small></sup> || ViC<sup><small>VL</small></sup> || n, m || u || rV
|-
! Fin.
| colspan="4;" | || s || sh || ng || i || z || colspan="8;" |
|}
|}
===Chronology===
# p > f, tz > s, ts > sh
# Vowel affection
# diphthong change
# palatalisation
# velarisation
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