Old Rulhilli
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| Old Rulhilli | |
|---|---|
| रुधिरदि | |
| Pronunciation | [ɾuˈlʱiɭɭi] |
| Created by | Dillon Hartwig |
| Date | 2021 |
| Setting | northern Bangladesh |
Sino-Tibetan
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Early form | |
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
| Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | |||||
| Stop | p pʰ | b bʱ | t tʰ | d dʱ | ʈ ʈʰ | ɖ ɖʱ | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʰ | d͡ʒ d͡ʒʱ | k kʰ | g gʱ |
| Fricative | s | ʂ | ʃ | ɦ | ||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | l lʱ | ɭ ɭʱ | j | ||||||
| Tap | ɾ | |||||||||
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.