Old Rulhilli

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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]) 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

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
  • /ɳ, l/ only occur in loanwords.
  • /s/ is realized as [h] word-finally.

Vowels

Vowels
Front Back
High i iː ĩ ĩː u uː ũ ũː
Mid e o
Low ɐ ɐ̃ ɑː ɑ̃ː
Diphthongs
ɐi aːi ɐu ɑːu
Syllabic consonants
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.

Noun and verb phrases

Dependent clauses

Example texts

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