Editing 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<!--keep this date. 2017 ref just repeats this datum.-->
| ref              = e18
| familycolor      = Mixed
| family           = [[mixed language|mixed]] [[Lom people|Lom]]–[[Armenian language|Armenian]]
| 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 language|Romani]] and [[Domari language|Domari]]<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> and the [[Armenian language]]. The language is also known as '''Bosa''' and '''Bosha'''.<ref>{{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|LINGUIST List]]|access-date=1 November 2024}}</ref>

==Linguistic features==
It lacks [[grammatical gender]] and has seven [[grammatical case]]s; its grammar is closely related to that of the [[Erzurum dialect|Erzurum dialect of Armenian]], with the vocabulary being almost exclusively [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indic]].

[[Numeral (linguistics)|Numerals]] in the [[Romani language|Romani]], [[Domari language|Domari]] and [[Lomavren]] languages, with [[Sanskrit]], [[Hindi]], [[Odia language|Odia]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]] forms for comparison.<ref name=":0" /> Also [[Greek language|Greek]] and [[Latin]] included.
{| class="wikitable"
!Numbers
!Sanskrit
![[Indo-Aryan superstrate in Mitanni|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-[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 ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Romani languages}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lomavren Language}}
[[Category:Para-Romani]]
[[Category:Endangered Indo-European languages]]
[[Category:Armenian languages]]
[[Category:Languages of Armenia]]
[[Category:Languages of Azerbaijan]]
[[Category:Languages of Russia]]
[[Category:Languages of Syria]]
[[Category:Lom people]]
[[Category:Mixed languages]]


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