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! [[w:Stop consonant|Stop]]
! [[w:Stop consonant|Stop]]
| [[w:Voiceless bilabial stop|p]] pʰ || [[w:Voiced bilabial stop|b]] bʱ || [[w:Voiceless alveolar stop|t]] tʰ || [[w:Voiced alveolar stop|d]] dʱ || [[w:Voiceless retroflex stop|ʈ]] ʈʰ || [[w:Voiced retroflex stop|ɖ]] ɖʱ || [[w:Voiceless postalveolar affricate|t͡ʃ]] t͡ʃʰ || [[w:Voiced postalveolar affricate|d͡ʒ]] d͡ʒʱ || [[w:Voiceless velar stop|k]] kʰ || [[w:Voiced velar stop|g]] gʱ
| [[w:Voiceless bilabial stop|p]] pʰ || [[w:Voiced bilabial stop|b]] bʱ || [[w:Voiceless alveolar stop|t]] tʰ || [[w:Voiced alveolar stop|d]] dʱ || [[w:Voiceless retroflex stop|ʈ]] ʈʰ || [[w:Voiced retroflex stop|ɖ]] ɖʱ || [[w:Voiceless alveopalatal affricate|t͡ɕ]] t͡ɕʰ || [[w:Voiced alveopalatal affricate|d͡ʑ]] d͡ʑʱ || [[w:Voiceless velar stop|k]] kʰ || [[w:Voiced velar stop|g]] gʱ
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! [[w:Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
! [[w:Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
| colspan="2" | || [[w:Voiceless alveolar fricative|s]] || || [[w:Voiceless retroflex fricative|ʂ]] || || [[w:Voiceless postalveolar fricative|ʃ]] || || || [[w:Voiced glottal fricative|ɦ]]
| colspan="2" | || [[w:Voiceless alveolar fricative|s]] || || [[w:Voiceless retroflex fricative|ʂ]] || || [[w:Voiceless alveopalatal fricative|ɕ]] || || || [[w:Voiced glottal fricative|ɦ]]
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| colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced labiodental approximant|ʋ]] || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced alveolar lateral approximant|l]] lʱ || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced retroflex lateral approximant|ɭ]] ɭʱ || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced palatal approximant|j]]
| colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced labiodental approximant|ʋ]] || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced alveolar lateral approximant|l]] lʱ || colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced palatal approximant|j]]
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! [[w:Tap and flap consonants|Tap]]
! [[w:Tap and flap consonants|Tap]]

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Old Rulhilli
रुधिरदि
Pronunciation[ɾuˈd̪ʱiɾɐd̪i]
Created byDillon Hartwig
Date2021
Settingnorthern Bangladesh
Sino-Tibetan
Early form
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Old Rulhilli /rulˈhɪli/ (Old Rulhilli: रुधिरदि [ɾuˈd̪ʱiɾɐd̪i]) is a Sinitic language spoken near northern Bangladesh.

Etymology

Rulhilli is from रुल्हिळ्ळि, from Old Rulhilli रुधिरदि, from Sanskrit रुधिरायानद्याः referring to the Brahmaputra river.

Orthography

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar
Nasal m n ɳ ɲ ŋ
Stop p b t d ʈ ʈʰ ɖ ɖʱ t͡ɕ t͡ɕʰ d͡ʑ d͡ʑʱ k g
Fricative s ʂ ɕ ɦ
Approximant ʋ l j
Tap ɾ

Vowels

Vowels
Front Back
High i iː ĩ u uː ũ
Close-mid e o
Open-mid ɛ ɛː ɔ ɔː
Low ɐ ɐ̃ ɑː ɑ̃
  • Nasal vowels may be short or long in free variation.

Prosody

Rulhilli stress falls on the last historically heavy (containing a long vowel or coda) syllable, or last syllable if there are no heavy syllables.

Phonotactics

Rulhilli maximal syllables are

Morphology

Nouns

Pronouns

Verbs

Adjectives

Negation

Numerals

Syntax

Constituent order

Rulhilli word order is predominantly SOV but flexible.

Noun and verb phrases

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 1

Linguifex-hosted translations

Conlang Atlas of Language Structures-hosted translations

Other resources

CALS