Homshetsi
[, другое название: Hamshen, Hamschen, Homshetsma]Классификация: Indo-European
·в уязвимом положении
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В уязвимом положении
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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"relatively large numbers"
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"The western Hemshinli speak only Turkish, though they preserve a fair number of Homshetsma words, toponyms and family names ... [T]he eastern Hemshinli and northern Homshentsik ... continue to speak Homshetsma in relatively large numbers up to the present day."
- О КОНТЕКСТЕ ЯЗЫКА
"One eastern Hemshinli noted that when he lived in Istanbul, his Armenian friends from Kayseri referred to his speech variety as ‘bird language’. It is interesting to note in this context that some Armenian groups use the term ‘bird language’ to refer to secret languages."
- Почерки, системы письма и орфографии
- Turkish-based
- Письменность
"In 1995 a native speaker and [Bert Vaux] designed an orthographic system for Homshetsma – which up until that time had possessed only a spoken form."
- ГЕОГРАФИЯ
- Turkey; Georgia; Russia
- ОПИСАНИЕ РЕГИОНА
"[Eastern Hemshinli/Homshetsik] live in the province of Artvin (with smaller numbers dispersed elsewhere in Turkey, Central Asia and Europe)... Northern Homshentsik, the descendants of non-Islamicized Hamshen Armenians formerly of the provinces of Samsun, Ordu, Giresun and Trabzon, [now] live in Georgia and Russia."