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* V could be any vowel. | * V could be any vowel. | ||
* 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''. | ||
====Roots and Derivation==== | |||
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. | |||
Some common prefixes include: | |||
* ''*ha-'' to create nominals | |||
* ''*he-'' to create a non-finite verb | |||
* ''*hi-'' a collective | |||
Some common suffixes include: | |||
* ''-i'' past participle | |||
* ''*-hi'' attributive | |||
* ''*-s'' creates nominals | |||
===Chronology of Changes=== | ===Chronology of Changes=== | ||
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* '''Lenition of medial ''s, sh'' to ''h, x'' and ''ts, tsh'' to ''s, sh'''''. | * '''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''. | ** This creates new diphthongs and long vowels as ''VhC, VxC'' become ''VVC, ViC''. | ||
* '''N, L, R''' become '' | * '''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''. | |||
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* '''Vowel Lowering:''' an ''a'' causes a preceding ''i, u'' to become ''e, o'', except where it is blocked by an intervening semivowel. | * '''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''' | * '''''r''C > CC''' | ||
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! Final | ! Final | ||
| colspan="9;" | || sh || s || ng || || i || || z | | colspan="9;" | || sh || s || || ng || || i || || z | ||
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