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գնչուերեն

գնչուերեն

Armenian

Alternative forms

Noun

գնչուերեն (gnčʿueren)

  1. (sometimes offensive) Romani (language)

Declension

Usage notes

This term derives from the problematic exonym գնչու (gnčʿu) and may be offensive to the Lom.[1] The people's own name for their language is լոմավրեն (lomavren). See the usage note about գնչու (gnčʿu).

See also

References

  1. 2002, in Anthropology & archeology of Eurasia: Volumes 41-42, pages 20–24