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.
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Native to | Armenia, Syria, Azerbaijan, Russia[1] |
Native speakers | 50 in Armenia (2004)[2] |
Language family | mixed Lom–Armenian |
Writing system | Armenian alphabet |
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ISO 639-3 | rmi |
Glottolog | loma1235 |
The language is also known as Bosa/Bosha.
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.[3] Also Greek and Latin included.
Numbers | Sanskrit | Mitanni | Hindi | Bengali | Romani | Domari | Lomavren | Greek | Persian | Sinhala | Latin |
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1 | éka | aika- (a-i-ka-) | ek | ek | ekh, jekh | yika | yak, yek | éna | yak, yek | eka | ūnus, ūna, ūnum |
2 | dvá | do | dui | duj | dī | lui | dýo | du, do | deka | duo, duae, duo | |
3 | trí | tera-? (ti-e-ra-) | tīn | tin | trin | tærən | tərin | tría | se | thuna/thri | trēs, tria |
4 | catvā́raḥ | cār | char | štar | štar | išdör | téssera | čahār | hathara/sathara | quattuor | |
5 | páñca | pańća-? (pa-an-za-) | pā̃c | panch | pandž | pandž | pendž | pénte | pandž | paha | quīnque |
6 | ṣáṭ | chah | chhoy | šov | šaš | šeš | éxi | šeš | haya/saya | sex | |
7 | saptá | satta (ša-at-ta) | sāt | sāt | ifta | xaut | haft | eptá | haft | hata/satha | septem |
8 | aṣṭá | āṭh | āṭh | oxto | xaišt | hašt | októ | hašt | ata | octō | |
9 | náva | nāva- (na-a-[w]a-) | nau | noy | inja | na | nu | ennéa | noh | nawaya | novem |
10 | dáśa | das | dosh | deš | des | las | déka | dah | dahaya | decem | |
20 | viṃśatí | bīs | bish | biš | wīs | vist | eíkosi | bist | wissa | vīgintī | |
100 | śatá | sau | eksho | šel | saj | saj | ekató | sad | siiya/shathakaya | centum |
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