Lomavren language
Encyclopedia
Lomavren is a nearly extinct mixed language
, spoken by the Lom
people that arose from language contact
between proto-Romani
-speaking people and the Armenian language
.
s; its grammar is closely related to Armenian, with the vocabulary being almost exclusively Indic
.
Mixed language
A mixed language is a language that arises through the fusion of two source languages, normally in situations of thorough bilingualism, so that it is not possible to classify the resulting language as belonging to either of the language families that were its source...
, spoken by the Lom
Posha
The Lom people or Bosha are an ethnic group of Transcaucasia.Their Lomavren language is a mixed language combining Indo-Aryan and Armenian.-History:...
people that arose from language contact
Language contact
Language contact occurs when two or more languages or varieties interact. The study of language contact is called contact linguistics.Multilingualism has likely been common throughout much of human history, and today most people in the world are multilingual...
between proto-Romani
Romani language
Romani or Romany, Gypsy or Gipsy is any of several languages of the Romani people. They are Indic, sometimes classified in the "Central" or "Northwestern" zone, and sometimes treated as a branch of their own....
-speaking people and the Armenian language
Armenian language
The Armenian language is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people. It is the official language of the Republic of Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The language is also widely spoken by Armenian communities in the Armenian diaspora...
.
Linguistic features
It lacks a grammatical gender and has 7 grammatical caseGrammatical case
In grammar, the case of a noun or pronoun is an inflectional form that indicates its grammatical function in a phrase, clause, or sentence. For example, a pronoun may play the role of subject , of direct object , or of possessor...
s; its grammar is closely related to Armenian, with the vocabulary being almost exclusively Indic
Indo-Aryan languages
The Indo-Aryan languages constitutes a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, itself a branch of the Indo-European language family...
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