Lomavren

E875159

Lomavren is a mixed Romani-Armenian language traditionally spoken by the Lom people of the Caucasus region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lomavren canonical 4
Lomun 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf endangered language
mixed language
spoken language
alternativeName Bosha
Bosha language
Lom language
classifiedAs Para-Romani language
closelyRelatedTo other Para-Romani varieties
country Armenia
Georgia
Turkey
endangermentCause shift to Armenian
shift to Georgian
shift to Turkish
ethnicGroup Lom
grammaticalStructureSimilarTo Armenian
hasFeature Romani-derived vocabulary
agglutinative morphology
influence from Armenian phonology
hasLoanwordsFrom Kurdish
Persian
linked to: Persian language

Turkish
hasResearchOn contact-induced change
mixed language formation
hasSubstrate Armenian
linked to: Armenian language
hasSuperstrate Romani
hasWordOrder SOV
ISO639-3Code rmi
languageContactWith Armenian
linked to: Armenian language

Romani
linked to: Romani language
languageFamily mixed Romani–Armenian
lexiconSimilarTo Romani
lexifierLanguage Armenian
linked to: Armenian language

Romani
linked to: Romani language
linguisticArea Transcaucasia
linked to: South Caucasus
numberOfSpeakers very few
region Caucasus
South Caucasus
script Armenian script
spokenBy Lom people
status moribund
severely endangered
traditionalRegion Caucasus
usedAs in-group language of Lom people
usedByReligion predominantly Christian Lom communities

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lom people speaks Lomavren
Talodi languages hasMemberLanguage Lomun
linked to: Lomavren
Armenian Gypsies hasLanguage Lomavren
Lom people speaks Lomavren