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 | |
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Dōmʋārī, Dōmʋārī ǧib, Dômarî ĵib, דּוֹמָרִי ,دٛومَرِي | |
Native to | Azerbaijan, Mauritania, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Israel, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Jordan, Sudan, and perhaps neighboring countries[1] |
Region | Middle East and North Africa, Caucasus, Central Asia, South Asia |
Ethnicity | Dom |
Native speakers | 281,670 (2015)e19 |
Language family | |
Dialects | Northern Domari
Southern Domari
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Writing system | Latin, Arabic, Hebrew |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | rmt |
Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
References
- ↑ Matras (2012)
- ↑ Domari language at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
- ↑ Herin, Bruno. "Domari: The language of the 'Middle Eastern Gypsies'".
- ↑ Romani.humanities.manchester.ac.uk