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===Orthography===
===Orthography===
Is Burunking was originally written in a syllabary called ''hookozoi'', mainly carved into wood or, occasionally, stone.  
Is Burunking was originally written in a syllabary called ''hookozoi'', mainly carved into wood or, occasionally, stone.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!  !! a !! e !! i !! o !! u !! Ø
|-
! Ø
| a || e || i || o || u || style="background: lightgray;" |
|-
! y
| ya || ye || yi || yo || yu || style="background: lightgray;" |
|-
! w
| wa || we || wi || wo || wu || style="background: lightgray;" |
|-
! b
| ba || be || bi || bo || bu || style="background: lightgray;" |
|-
! d
| da || de || ji || do || style="background: lightgray;" | || style="background: lightgray;" |
|-
! g
| ga || ge || gi || go || style="background: lightgray;" | || style="background: lightgray;" |
|-
! p
| pa || pe || style="background: lightgray;" | || style="background: lightgray;" | || pu || style="background: lightgray;" |
|-
! t
| ta || te || chi || to || style="background: lightgray;" | || style="background: lightgray;" |
|-
! k
| ka || ke || ki || ko || style="background: lightgray;" | || style="background: lightgray;" |
|-
! f
| fa || fe || fi || fo || fu || style="background: lightgray;" |
|-
! h
| ha || he || style="background: lightgray;" | || ho || style="background: lightgray;" | || style="background: lightgray;" |
|-
! x
| xa || xe || xi || xo || xu || style="background: lightgray;" |
|-
! s
| sa || se || style="background: lightgray;" | || so || su || s
|-
! sh
| sha || she || shi || sho || shu || sh
|-
! m
| ma || me || style="background: lightgray;" | || style="background: lightgray;" | || mu || rowspan="2;" | m/n
|-
! n
| na || ne || ni || no || nu
|-
! ng
| nga || nge || ngi || ngo || style="background: lightgray;" | || ng
|-
! l
| la || le || li || lo || lu || style="background: lightgray;" |
|-
! r
| ra || re || ri || ro || ru || style="background: lightgray;" |
|-
! z
| za || ze || zi || zo || zu || z
|}
 
 


When the language was initially discovered by Europeans the Greek alphabet was used in its transcription, but later studies preferred to use the Latin script, which is still used today.
When the language was initially discovered by Europeans the Greek alphabet was used in its transcription, but later studies preferred to use the Latin script, which is still used today.


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In word or syllable initial position the sequences ''ii, uu'' are written ''yi, wu''. The glide /j/ is always written ''y'' but /w/ is written ''u'' following a consonant and ''w'' syllable initially.  
In word or syllable initial position the sequences ''ii, uu'' are written ''yi, wu''. The glide /j/ is always written ''y'' but /w/ is written ''u'' following a consonant and ''w'' syllable initially.


==Grammar==
==Grammar==
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