Lomavren 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 |
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 7 grammatical cases; its grammar is closely related to that of the Erzerum dialect of Armenian, with the vocabulary being almost exclusively Indic.
The following table presents the numerals in the Romani, Domari and Lomavren languages, with the corresponding terms in Sanskrit, Hindi, Odia, and Sinhala to demonstrate the similarities.[4] Note that the Romani numerals 7 through 9 have been borrowed from Greek.
Languages Numbers
|
Romani | Domari | Lomavren | Sanskrit | Hindi | Odia | Sinhala |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ekh, jekh | yika | yak, yek | éka | ek | ekô | eka |
| 2 | duj | dī | lui | dvá | do | dui | deka |
| 3 | trin | tærən | tərin | trí | tīn | tiṇi | thuna/thri |
| 4 | štar | štar | išdör | catvā́raḥ | cār | cari | hathara/sathara |
| 5 | pandž | pandž | pendž | páñca | pā̃c | pañcô | paha |
| 6 | šov | šaš | šeš | ṣáṭ | chah | chôô | haya/saya |
| 7 | ifta | xaut | haft | saptá | sāt | satô | hata/satha |
| 8 | oxto | xaišt | hašt | aṣṭá | āṭh | aṭhô | ata |
| 9 | inja | na | nu | náva | nau | nôô | nawaya |
| 10 | deš | des | las | dáśa | das | dôsô | dahaya |
| 20 | biš | wīs | vist | viṃśatí | bīs | bisô | wissa |
| 100 | šel | saj | saj | śatá | sau | sôhô | siiya/shathakaya |
References
- ^ The Lomavren Language - Linguist list
- ^ Lomavren at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
{{cite web}}: 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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