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'''Old Rulhilli''' /rulˈhɪli/ (<small>Old Rulhilli: </small><span class="nowrap" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" style="font-family:Gentium,'DejaVu Sans','Segoe UI',sans-serif">रुधिरदि [ɾuˈd̪ʱiɾɐd̪i]</span>) | '''Old Rulhilli''' /rulˈhɪli/ (<small>Old Rulhilli: </small><span class="nowrap" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" style="font-family:Gentium,'DejaVu Sans','Segoe UI',sans-serif">रुधिरदि [ɾuˈd̪ʱiɾɐd̪i]</span>) was a Sinitic language spoken near northern Bangladesh, and the ancestor of [[Rulhilli]]. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
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| [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]] iː ĩ ĩː || [[w:Close back rounded vowel|u]] uː ũ ũː | | [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]] iː ĩ ĩː || [[w:Close back rounded vowel|u]] uː ũ ũː | ||
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! [[w: | ! [[w:Mid vowel|Mid]] | ||
| [[w: | | [[w:Mid front unrounded vowel|e]] || [[w:Mid back rounded vowel|o]] | ||
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! [[w:Open vowel|Low]] | ! [[w:Open vowel|Low]] | ||
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===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
Rulhilli stress falls on the last | Old Rulhilli stress falls on the last heavy (containing a long vowel or coda) syllable, or last syllable if there are no heavy syllables. | ||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
Rulhilli maximal syllables are | Old Rulhilli maximal syllables are CCVC. | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
===Constituent order=== | ===Constituent order=== | ||
Rulhilli word order is predominantly SOV but flexible. | Old Rulhilli word order is predominantly SOV but flexible. | ||
===Noun and verb phrases=== | ===Noun and verb phrases=== | ||
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==Example texts== | ==Example texts== | ||
===Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 1=== | ===Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 1=== | ||
[[Category:Rulhilli language]] | [[Category:Rulhilli language]] | ||
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Note: the Devanagari is just a placeholder.
| Old Rulhilli | |
|---|---|
| रुधिरदि | |
| Pronunciation | [ɾuˈd̪ʱiɾɐd̪i] |
| Created by | Dillon Hartwig |
| Date | 2021 |
| Setting | northern Bangladesh |
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Old Rulhilli /rulˈhɪli/ (Old Rulhilli: रुधिरदि [ɾuˈd̪ʱiɾɐd̪i]) was a Sinitic language spoken near northern Bangladesh, and the ancestor of Rulhilli.
Etymology
Rulhilli is from रुल्हिळ्ळि, from Old Rulhilli रुधिरदि, from Sanskrit रुधिरायानद्याः referring to the Brahmaputra river.
Orthography
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | |||||
| Stop | p pʰ | b bʱ | t tʰ | d dʱ | ʈ ʈʰ | ɖ ɖʱ | t͡ɕ t͡ɕʰ | d͡ʑ d͡ʑʱ | k kʰ | g gʱ |
| Fricative | s | ʂ | ɕ | ɦ | ||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | l | j | |||||||
| Tap | ɾ | |||||||||
- /ɳ, l/ only occur in loanwords.
- /s/ is realized as [h] word-finally.
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i iː ĩ ĩː | u uː ũ ũː |
| Mid | e | o |
| Low | ɐ ɐ̃ | ɑː ɑ̃ː |
| ɐi aːi | ɐu ɑːu |
| r̩ r̩ː | n̩ n̩ː |
- /n̩/ assimilates in place of articulation to following consonant.
Prosody
Old Rulhilli stress falls on the last heavy (containing a long vowel or coda) syllable, or last syllable if there are no heavy syllables.
Phonotactics
Old Rulhilli maximal syllables are CCVC.
Morphology
Nouns
Pronouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Negation
Numerals
Syntax
Constituent order
Old Rulhilli word order is predominantly SOV but flexible.