Lomavren is a mixed language, spoken by the Lom people, or Posha. It appeared at the contact between the proto-Romani language and the Armenian language. It lacks a grammatical gender having 7 grammatical cases; its grammar is closely related to Armenian, with the vocabulary being almost exclusively Indic.
Numerals in the Romani, Lomavren and Domari languages, with Hindi forms for comparison.[3]
|
Hindi |
Romani |
Lomavren |
Domari |
| 1 |
ek |
ekh, jekh |
yak, yek |
yika |
| 2 |
do |
duj |
lui |
dī |
| 3 |
tin |
trin |
tərin |
tærən |
| 4 |
chhar |
štar |
išdör |
štar |
| 5 |
panch |
pandž |
pendž |
pandž |
| 6 |
cheh |
šov |
šeš |
šaš |
| 7 |
saath |
ifta |
haft |
xaut |
| 8 |
aath |
oxto |
hašt |
xaišt |
| 9 |
nau |
inja |
nu |
na |
| 10 |
das |
deš |
las |
des |
| 20 |
bees |
biš |
vist |
wīs |
| 100 |
sau |
šel |
saj |
saj |
References
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