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 ===Nouns===
+Nouns are non-inflecting and do not mark grammatical gender, number or definiteness, so e.g. ''puz'' can mean 'dog/dogs/a dog/(some) dogs/the dog/the dogs' etc. Grammatical case is indicated by the particles above after the noun.
+Though grammatical number is not marked, nouns may take the following affixes to show a collective sense:
-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.
+* ''-do'' indicates a discrete group of things, usually located together, e.g. ''binjido'' 'mountain range' (''binji'' 'mountain'), ''puddo'' 'pack of dogs' (''puz'' 'dog'), ''gyondo'' 'band' (''gyong'' 'man').
+* ''-bu'' indicates a totality of things, a class, and also the state of being a member of that class, e.g. ''binjibu'' 'mountains', ''pubbu'' 'dogs', ''gyombu'' 'men; manhood'.
-====Gender====
+* ''i-'' indicates a mass of things, ''igyong'' 'crowd, throng'.
-Grammatical gender does not occur in Bis Burunko, but some parts of speech
 ===Adjectives===