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'''Old Rulhilli''' /rulˈhɪli/ (<small>Old Rulhilli:&nbsp;</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>) is a Sinitic language spoken near northern Bangladesh.
'''Old Rulhilli''' /rulˈhɪli/ (<small>Old Rulhilli:&nbsp;</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==
''Rulhilli'' is from ''रुल्हिळ्ळि'', from Old Rulhilli ''रुधिरदि'', from Sanskrit ''रुधिरायानद्याः'' referring to the Brahmaputra river.


==Orthography==
==Orthography==
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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
|-
|-
! [[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]]
|-
|-
! [[w:Approximant|Approximant]]
! [[w:Approximant|Approximant]]
| colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced labiodental approximant|ʋ]] || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced alveolar lateral approximant|l]] || 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]] || colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced palatal approximant|j]]
|-
|-
! [[w:Tap and flap consonants|Tap]]
! [[w:Tap and flap consonants|Tap]]
| colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced alveolar tap|ɾ]]
| colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced alveolar tap|ɾ]]
|}
|}
* /ɳ, l/ only occur in loanwords.
*/s/ is realized as [h] word-finally.


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
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|-
|-
! [[w:Close vowel|High]]
! [[w:Close vowel|High]]
| [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]] iː ĩ || [[w:Close back rounded vowel|u]] uː ũ
| [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]] iː ĩ ĩː || [[w:Close back rounded vowel|u]] uː ũ ũː
|-
|-
! [[w:Close-mid vowel|Close-mid]]
! [[w:Mid vowel|Mid]]
| [[w:Close-mid front unrounded vowel|e]] || [[w:Close-mid back rounded vowel|o]]
| [[w:Mid front unrounded vowel|e]] || [[w:Mid back rounded vowel|o]]
|-
|-
! [[w:Open-mid vowel|Open-mid]]
! [[w:Open vowel|Low]]
| [[w:Open-mid front unrounded vowel|ɛ]] ɛː || [[w:Open-mid back rounded vowel|ɔ]] ɔː
| [[w:Near-open central vowel|ɐ]] ɐ̃ || [[w:Open back unrounded vowel|ɑː]] ɑ̃ː
|}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Diphthongs
|-
|-
! [[w:Open vowel|Low]]
| ɐi aːi || ɐu ɑːu
| [[w:Near-open central vowel|ɐ]] ɐ̃ || [[w:Open back unrounded vowel|ɑː]] ɑ̃
|}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Syllabic consonants
|-
| r̩ r̩ː || n̩ n̩ː
|}
|}


*Nasal vowels may be short or long in free variation.
* /n̩/ assimilates in place of articulation to following consonant.


===Prosody===
===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.
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===
===Linguifex-hosted translations===
*[[:Category:Translated works in Rulhilli|Translated works in Rulhilli]]
*[[Rulhilli/Test Case Sentences]]
*[[Rulhilli/Corpus]]
===Conlang Atlas of Language Structures-hosted translations===
*[https://cals.info/translation/language/rulhilli CALS translations]


==Other resources==
==Other resources==
[https://cals.info/language/rulhilli/ CALS]
*[[Rulhilli/Swadesh]]


[[Category:Rulhilli language]]
[[Category:Rulhilli language]]