| Lomavren | |
|---|---|
| Bosa Bosha | |
| Լոմավրեն | |
| Native to | Armenia, Turkey, Syria |
| Native speakers | 50 in Armenia (2004) |
| Language family | mixed Lom–Armenian |
| Writing system | 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 and the Armenian language. The language is also known as Bosa and 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.
| Numbers | Sanskrit | Mitanni Aryan | 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-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
- Lomavren at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Gypsy ii. Gypsy Dialects". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
- "Lomavren". LINGUIST List. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
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