Kumzari
Kumzari is an Indo-European language spoken in Oman. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Kumzari (Persian: کمزاری, Arabic: كمزارية) is a Southwestern Iranian language that has similarities with Persian, Luri, Achomi and Balochi languages. Although vulnerable, it survives today with between 4,000 and 5,000 speakers. It is spoken by the Iranic Kumzari people and the Bedouin Shihuh tribe on the Kumzar coast of the Musandam Peninsula (northern Oman). Kumzari speakers are also found in the towns of Dibba and Khasab as well as various villages and on Larak Island in Iran.
Kumzari is the only Iranian language spoken exclusively in the Arabian Peninsula.
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Words in Kumzari
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | adimi* | |
| name | nam* | |
| eye | Cum* | |
| ear | goS* | |
| nose | nuxrit* | |
| tooth | dnan* | |
| tongue | zwan* | |
| hand | dist* | |
| blood | xwem* | |
| bone | xar* | |
| skin | jild* | |
| knee | rukbit* | |
| breast | sina* | |
| liver | joXur* | |
| water | hau | |
| fire | atiS* | |
| sun | intaf* | |
| star | starg* | |
| stone | bard* | |
| mountain | aql* | |
| tree | Sidrit* | |
| leaf | warq* | |
| night | Saw* | |
| dog | saX* | |
| fish | may* | |
| louse | qar7a* | |
| one | ta* | |
| two | do* | |
| I | me* | |
| you | to* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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