Lomavren language
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.
| Lomavren | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Armenia, Syria, Azerbaijan, Russia[1] |
Native speakers | 50 in Armenia (2004)[2] |
| Armenian alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rmi |
| Glottolog | loma1235 |
Names
The language is also known as Bosa/Bosha.
Linguistic features
It lacks grammatical gender and has 7 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 and Persian forms for comparison.[4] Note that Romani 7–9 are borrowed from Greek.
Languages Numbers | Sanskrit | Hindi | Bengali | Romani | Domari | Lomavren | Persian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | éka | ek | ek | ekh, jekh | yika | yak, yek | yak, yek |
| 2 | dvá | do | dui | duj | dī | lui | du, do |
| 3 | trí | tīn | tin | trin | tærən | tərin | se |
| 4 | catvā́raḥ | cār | char | štar | štar | išdör | čahār |
| 5 | páñca | pā̃c | panch | pandž | pandž | pendž | pandž |
| 6 | ṣáṭ | chah | chhoy | šov | šaš | šeš | šeš |
| 7 | saptá | sāt | sāt | ifta | xaut | haft | haft |
| 8 | aṣṭá | āṭh | āṭh | oxto | xaišt | hašt | hašt |
| 9 | náva | nau | noy | inja | na | nu | noh |
| 10 | dáśa | das | dosh | deš | des | las | dah |
| 20 | viṃśatí | bīs | bish | biš | wīs | vist | bist |
| 100 | śatá | sau | eksho | šel | saj | saj | sad |
References
- The Lomavren Language - Linguist list
- Lomavren at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Encyclopedia Iranica
- Hancock, Ian (2007). "On Romani Origins and Identity". RADOC.net. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17.
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