Lomavren language


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.
NumbersSanskritMitanni AryanHindiOdiaBengaliRomaniDomariLomavrenGreekPersianSinhalaLatin
1ékaaika- ēkēkåækekh, jekhyikayak, yekénayak, yekekaūnus, ūna, ūnum
2dvádōduiduidujdīluidýodu, dodekaduo, duae, duo
3trítera-? tīntinitintrintærəntərintríasethuna/thritrēs, tria
4catvā́raḥcārcāricharštarštarišdörtésseračahārhathara/satharaquattuor
5páñcapańća-? pā̃cpāñcåpanchpandžpandžpendžpéntepandžpahaquīnque
6ṣáṭchaḥchååchhoyšovšaššešéxišešhaya/sayasex
7saptásatta sātsātåsātiftaxauthafteptáhafthata/sathaseptem
8aṣṭáāṭhāṭhåāṭhoxtoxaišthaštoktóhaštataoctō
9návanāva- naunåånoyinjananuennéanohnawayanovem
10dáśadasdåśådoshdešdeslasdékadahdahayadecem
20viṃśatíbīskōṛiēbishbišwīsvisteíkosibistwissavīgintī
100śatásauśåhēekshošelsajsajekatósadsiiya/shathakayacentum