Lomavren language
{{Short description|Nearly extinct mixed language spoken by the Lom people}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Lomavren
| altname = Bosa, Bosha
| nativename = {{lang|rmi|Լոմավրեն}}
| states = Armenia, Turkey, Syria
| speakers = 50 in Armenia
| date = 2004
| ref = e18
| familycolor = Mixed
| script = Armenian alphabet
| iso3 = rmi
| glotto = loma1235
| glottorefname = Lomavren
}}
Lomavren ({{langx|hy|Լոմավրեն}} {{Transliteration|hy|ISO|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{{Cite web |title=Gypsy ii. Gypsy Dialects |url=https://www.iranica.com/articles/gypsy-ii |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402100935/https://www.iranica.com/articles/gypsy-ii |archive-date=2015-04-02 |access-date=2015-03-25 |website=Encyclopaedia Iranica |language=en}} and the Armenian language. The language is also known as Bosa and Bosha.{{cite web|title=Lomavren|url=http://multitree.org/codes/rmi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101112314/http://www.multitree.org/codes/rmi|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 January 2020|publisher=LINGUIST List|access-date=1 November 2024}}
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.
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!Numbers !Sanskrit !Hindi !Odia !Bengali !Romani !Domari !Lomavren !Greek !Persian !Sinhala !Latin |
1
|éka |aika- (a-i-ka-) |ēk |ēkå |æk |ekh, jekh |yika |yak, yek |éna |yak, yek |eka |ūnus, ūna, ūnum |
2
|dvá | |dō |dui |dui |duj |dī |lui |dýo |du, do |deka |duo, duae, duo |
3
|trí |tera-? (ti-e-ra-) |tīn |tini |tin |trin |tærən |tərin |tría |se |thuna/thri |trēs, tria |
4
|catvā́raḥ | |cār |cāri |char |štar |štar |išdör |téssera |čahār |hathara/sathara |quattuor |
5
|páñca |pańća-? (pa-an-za-) |pā̃c |pāñcå |panch |pandž |pandž |pendž |pénte |pandž |paha |quīnque |
6
|ṣáṭ | |chaḥ |chåå |chhoy |šov |šaš |šeš |éxi |šeš |haya/saya |sex |
7
|saptá |satta (ša-at-ta) |sāt |sātå |sāt |ifta |xaut |haft |eptá |haft |hata/satha |septem |
8
|aṣṭá | |āṭh |āṭhå |āṭh |oxto |xaišt |hašt |októ |hašt |ata |octō |
9
|náva |nāva- (na-a-[w]a-) |nau |nåå |noy |inja |na |nu |ennéa |noh |nawaya |novem |
10
|dáśa | |das |dåśå |dosh |deš |des |las |déka |dah |dahaya |decem |
20
|viṃśatí | |bīs |kōṛiē |bish |biš |wīs |vist |eíkosi |bist |wissa |vīgintī |
100
|śatá | |sau |śåhē |eksho |šel |saj |saj |ekató |sad |siiya/shathakaya |centum |
References
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{{Romani languages}}
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Category:Endangered Indo-European languages
Category:Languages of Azerbaijan
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