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{{Infobox language

|name = Bis Burunko

|altname = Burunko, Burungian

|nativename = Bis Burunko

|pronunciation = bɨs bʉˈɾʉnkɔ

|creator = Neil Whalley

|states = Burung

|familycolor = Isolate

|script1 = Latn

|script2 = Higomido

}}

'''Bis Burunko''' (/bɨs bʉˈɾʉnkɔ/, literally 'the Burungian language'), also known as ''Burunko'' or ''Burungian'', is a language isolate spoken on the island of Burung in the north Atlantic.

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The word-final consonants ''s, sh, ng'' and ''z'' are not permitted to occur before another consonant, so undergo changes in compounds or when consonant-initial endings are added:

The word-final consonants ''s, sh, ng, y'' and ''z'' are not permitted to occur before another consonant, so undergo changes in compounds or when consonant-initial endings are added:

* ''-s'' is lost, the preceding vowel is doubled and a following voiced plosive or ''j'' is devoiced:

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:: ''buaz'' 'sun' + ''xu'' 'fire' = ''buasu'' 'heat of the sun'

:: ''fuz'' 'tree' + ''HUZ'' 'lack' = ''fuzuz'' 'treeless'

~~In some cases a word ending in a vowel + ''-i'' will alter to vowel + ''-u'' when a suffix or the second element of a compound begins with a consonant:~~

Word-final vowels may also be altered or lost when they come into contact with initial vowels in compounds or endings.

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+{{Infobox language
+|name = Bis Burunko
+|altname = Burunko, Burungian
+|nativename = Bis Burunko
+|pronunciation = bɨs bʉˈɾʉnkɔ
+|creator = Neil Whalley
+|states = Burung
+|familycolor = Isolate
+|script1 = Latn
+|script2 = Higomido
+}}
 '''Bis Burunko''' (/bɨs bʉˈɾʉnkɔ/, literally 'the Burungian language'), also known as ''Burunko'' or ''Burungian'', is a language isolate spoken on the island of Burung in the north Atlantic.
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-The word-final consonants ''s, sh, ng'' and ''z'' are not permitted to occur before another consonant, so undergo changes in compounds or when consonant-initial endings are added:
+The word-final consonants ''s, sh, ng, y'' and ''z'' are not permitted to occur before another consonant, so undergo changes in compounds or when consonant-initial endings are added:
 * ''-s'' is lost, the preceding vowel is doubled and a following voiced plosive or ''j'' is devoiced:
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 :: ''buaz'' 'sun' + ''xu'' 'fire' = ''buasu'' 'heat of the sun'
 :: ''fuz'' 'tree' + ''HUZ'' 'lack' = ''fuzuz'' 'treeless'
-In some cases a word ending in a vowel + ''-i'' will alter to vowel + ''-u'' when a suffix or the second element of a compound begins with a consonant:
 Word-final vowels may also be altered or lost when they come into contact with initial vowels in compounds or endings.