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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=== | ||