Hamshen Armenian
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Hamshen Armenian is a distinctive dialect of the Armenian language traditionally spoken by the Hamshen (Hemshin) people of the Black Sea region, notable for its unique phonological and lexical features and heavy influence from neighboring languages.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
variety of the Armenian language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Hamşenahayeren (in Armenian)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hemşince (in Turkish) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classificationDebate | sometimes treated as separate language within Armenian ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| endangermentCause | language shift to Turkish ⓘ |
| ethnicAssociation | Hamshen Armenians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Borçka Hemshin variety
ⓘ
Hopa Hemshin variety ⓘ Çamlıhemşin variety ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
distinctive lexicon
ⓘ
distinctive phonology ⓘ heavy lexical borrowing from neighboring languages ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | derived from medieval Armenian dialects of the Hamshen region ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Caucasian languages
ⓘ
Pontic Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkish ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | often not assigned a separate ISO 639-3 code (grouped under Armenian) ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Armenian branch ⓘ |
| languageContact |
historical contact with Pontic Greek
ⓘ
intensive contact with Turkish ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| languageOf | Hamshen communities ⓘ |
| lexicalFeature |
large number of Turkish loanwords
ⓘ
retention of archaic Armenian vocabulary ⓘ |
| mutualIntelligibility |
limited intelligibility with Eastern Armenian
ⓘ
partially intelligible with Western Armenian ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature | distinct consonant system compared to Standard Armenian ⓘ |
| region |
Artvin Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Black Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ Rize Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Trabzon Province NERFINISHED ⓘ northeastern Turkey ⓘ |
| religionOfSpeakers | predominantly Muslim Hamshen communities ⓘ |
| researchField |
Armenian dialectology
ⓘ
contact linguistics ⓘ |
| script |
Armenian script (historically and in scholarly transcription)
ⓘ
Latin script (in modern informal use) ⓘ |
| sociolinguisticSituation | mainly oral language ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Hamshen people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hemshin people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | endangered ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Armenian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion | Hamshen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usageDomain | home and community communication ⓘ |
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