Domari language

Domari is a language spoken by the Dom of the Middle East. It is a Indo-Aryan language. It is endangered because the young have shifted to Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Turkish and Kurdish[3], [4]

Domari
Dōmʋārī, Dōmʋārī ǧib, Dômarî ĵib, דּוֹמָרִי ,دٛومَرِي
Native toAzerbaijan, Mauritania, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Israel, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Jordan, Sudan, and perhaps neighboring countries[1]
RegionMiddle East and North Africa, Caucasus, Central Asia, South Asia
EthnicityDom
Native speakers281,670  (2015)e19
Language family
Dialects
Northern Domari
Southern Domari
Writing systemLatin, Arabic, Hebrew
Language codes
ISO 639-3rmt
Lang Status 40-SE.svg
Domari is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO
Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

References

  1. ↑ Matras (2012)
  2. ↑ Domari language at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
  3. ↑ Herin, Bruno. Domari: The language of the 'Middle Eastern Gypsies'.
  4. ↑ Romani.humanities.manchester.ac.uk