Lomavren language explained

Lomavren
States:Armenia, Turkey, Syria
Speakers:50 in Armenia
Date:2004
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Mixed
Family:mixed LomArmenian
Script:Armenian alphabet
Iso3:rmi
Glotto:loma1235
Glottorefname:Lomavren
Also Known As:Bosa
Bosha

Lomavren (Armenian: Լոմավրեն ) is a nearly extinct mixed language spoken by the Lom people, that arose from language contact between a language related to Romani and Domari[1] 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 Erzurum dialect of Armenian, with the vocabulary being almost exclusively Indic.

Numerals in the Romani, Domari and Lomavren languages, with Sanskrit, Hindi, Odia, Bengali, Persian and Sinhala forms for comparison. Also Greek and Latin included.

NumbersSanskritMitanniHindiOdiaBengaliRomaniDomariLomavrenGreekPersianSinhalaLatin
1ékaaika- (a-i-ka-)ēkēkåækekh, jekhyikayak, yekénayak, yekekaūnus, ūna, ūnum
2dváduiduidujluidýodu, dodekaduo, duae, duo
3trítera-? (ti-e-ra-)tīntinitintrintærəntərintríasethuna/thritrēs, tria
4catvā́raḥcārcāricharštarštarišdörtésseračahārhathara/satharaquattuor
5páñcapańća-? (pa-an-za-)pā̃cpāñcåpanchpandžpandžpendžpéntepandžpahaquīnque
6ṣáṭchaḥchååchhoyšovšaššešéxišešhaya/sayasex
7saptásatta (ša-at-ta)sātsātåsātiftaxauthafteptáhafthata/sathaseptem
8aṣṭáāṭhāṭhåāṭhoxtoxaišthaštoktóhaštataoctō
9návanāva- (na-a-[w]a-)naunåånoyinjananuennéanohnawayanovem
10dáśadasdåśådoshdešdeslasdékadahdahayadecem
20viṃśatíbīskōṛiēbishbišwīsvisteíkosibistwissavīgintī
100śatásauśåhēekshošelsajsajekatósadsiiya/shathakayacentum

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gypsy ii. Gypsy Dialects . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402100935/https://www.iranica.com/articles/gypsy-ii . 2015-04-02 . 2015-03-25 . Encyclopaedia Iranica . en.