Lomavren language

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Lomavren
Native toArmenia, Syria, Azerbaijan, Russia[1]
Native speakers
50 in Armenia (2004)[2]
Armenian alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3rmi
Glottologloma1235

Lomavren (Armenian: Լոմավրեն lomavren) is a nearly extinct mixed language spoken by the Lom people, that arose from language contact between a language related to Romani and Domari[3] and the Armenian language.

Names[]

The language is also known as Bosa/Bosha.

Linguistic features[]

It lacks grammatical gender and has seven grammatical cases; its grammar is closely related to that of the Erzerum dialect of Armenian, with the vocabulary being almost exclusively Indic.

Numerals in the Romani, Domari and Lomavren languages, with Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali, Persian and Sinhala forms for comparison.[4]

Languages
Numbers
 Sanskrit Hindi Bengali Romani Domari Lomavren Persian Sinhala
1 éka ek ek ekh, jekh yika yak, yek yak, yek eka
2 dvá do dui duj dī lui du, do deka
3 trí tīn tin trin tærən tərin se thuna/thri
4 catvā́raḥ cār char štar štar išdör čahār hathara/sathara
5 páñca pā̃c panch pandž pandž pendž pandž paha
6 ṣáṭ chah chhoy šov šaš šeš šeš haya/saya
7 saptá sāt sāt ifta xaut haft haft hata/satha
8 aṣṭá āṭh āṭh oxto xaišt hašt hašt ata
9 náva nau noy inja na nu noh nawaya
10 dáśa das dosh deš des las dah dahaya
20 viṃśatí bīs bish biš wīs vist bist wissa
100 śatá sau eksho šel saj saj sad siiya/shathakaya

References[]

  1. ^ "Lomavren". MultiTree: A Digital Library of Language Relationships. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  2. ^ Lomavren at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. ^ "Gypsy ii. Gypsy Dialects". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
  4. ^ Hancock, Ian (2007). "On Romani Origins and Identity". RADOC.net. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17.
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