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==Grammar==
==Grammar==
===Natural Gender on Burung===
Grammatical gender does not occur in Bis Burunko, but natural gender is frequently marked on nominals, either by employing different words (e.g. ''az'' 'male' ''deme'' 'female') or by derivation. The concept of natural gender differs somewhat from the usual Western concept.
All things are considered to be either '''animate''' (''bui'') or '''inanimate''' (''nabui''), the primary distinction being whether a thing is capable of acting under its own power. This means humans, deities/spirits, most animals and some natural features, such as the sun and the sea, are considered ''bui'' while plants, rocks and most abstracts are ''nabui''.
Within the category of animate nouns, all things are then considered to be '''masculine''' (''acchi''), '''feminine''' (''demechi'') or '''middle''' (''iriji''). The relevant gender is based partly on biological sex, partly on particular characteristics and partly on social roles. All children are considered ''iriji'' until puberty when they will be assigned one of the three genders.
Each of the four categories has a complex series of associations and is  considered an equal part of a harmonious whole.
===Case===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| <big>'''ba'''<big> || Example || Example
|-
| Topicaliser || rowspan="2;" | marks a subject or object as the focus of the utterance
|-
| <big>'''ze'''<big> || Example || Example
|-
| Nominative || colspan="2;" | marks the subject of a verb (where it is not the topic)
|-
| <big>'''ke'''<big> || Example || Example
|-
| Accusative || colspan="2;" | marks the direct object of a verb (where it is not the topic)
|-
| <big>'''na'''<big> || Example || Example
|-
| Possessive || colspan="2;" | marks the (animate) possessor of an (inanimate) object. Used only for alienable possession.
|-
| <big>'''le'''<big> || Example || Example
|-
| Genitive || colspan="2;" | marks the possessor of an inalienable object, or marks an object related to another.
|-
| <big>'''ke'''<big> || Example || Example
|-
| Accusative || colspan="2;" | marks the direct object of a verb (where it is not the topic)
|}
===Nouns===
Nouns are uninflected for gender, number or case, though the latter is marked on the noun phrase as a whole, and they are unmarked for definiteness. The noun is immutable except by derivation, so e.g. ''puz'' can mean 'dog/dogs/a dog/(some) dogs/the dog/the dogs' and context is usually required to make the distinction if necessary.
====Gender====
Grammatical gender does not occur in Bis Burunko, but some parts of speech
===Adjectives===
===Pronouns===
===Verbs===


==Vocabulary==
==Vocabulary==
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