Language
name and location:
Zargari (Romano),
Qazvin,
Iran [Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. jek(h) |
21. jokus-jek(h) |
2. duj |
22. jokus-duj |
3. terin |
23. jokus-terin |
4. ištār |
24. jokus-ištār |
5. pāndž |
25. jokus-pāndž |
6. šov |
26. jokus-šov |
7. eftā < Greek |
27. jokus-eftā |
8. oxto < Greek |
28. jokus-oxto |
9. enna < Greek |
29. jokus-enna |
10. deš |
30. tirāndā < Greek |
11. deš-jek(h) |
40. sārāndā < Greek |
12. deš-duj |
50. pejindā < Greek |
13. deš-terin |
60. pejindā-deš (50+10) |
14. deš-ištār |
70. pejindā-jokus (50+20) |
15. deš-pāndž |
80. pejindā-tirāndā (50+30) |
16. deš-šov |
90. pejindā-sārāndā (50+40) |
17. deš-eftā |
100. šel |
18. deš-oxto |
200. duj šel |
19. deš-enna |
1000. sila |
20. jokus |
2000. duj sila |
Linguist
providing data and dateː Prof. Hassan Rezai Baghbidi,
Iranian
Academy of Persian Language and Literature, Tehran, Iran,
February |
Other comments: Zargari (or Romano, as it is called by its speakers) is a member of the Romany / Romani branch of Indo-Aryan languages spoken by a small group of settled gypsies in the neighboring villages of Zargar and Baqerabad-e Tork in the Qazvin Province of north-west Iran. The speakers of Zargari, whose number can hardly even reach 1000, are almost entirely trilingual in Zargari, Azari Turkish and Persian; The Zargari numeral system is constructed with few Indo-Aryan originals mixed with Greek borrowings (7, 8, 9, 30, 40 and 50). Note that traditional transcriptions: dž=IPA[dʒ], š= [ʃ], j = semivowel, v̄ = long vowel. |
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