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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
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* ''*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
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! u
! u
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! Final
! Final
| colspan="9;" | || sh || s || ng || || i || || z ||
| colspan="9;" | || sh || s ||  || ng || || i || || z
|}
|}
===Chronology===
# p > f, tz > s, ts > sh
# Vowel affection
# diphthong change
# palatalisation
# velarisation
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