Kholosi language

Kholosi is definitively known to be an Indo-Aryan language albeit with significant lexical borrowing from Iranian languages given its geographical location. At the lexical level, it seems to share vocabulary largely with the Sindhi languages, which are the source of other Indo-Aryan migrations to the Middle East such as Luwati in Oman. ==Phonology==

While no published phonology has been found on Kholosi, the following phonology has been constructed from examples provided in the sources below. Kholosi also contains the diphthongs /ɑi, ɑw, ow/ and possibly others. Note*: The phonemes marked with an asterisk are assumed based on the structure of the attested phonemes. ==Grammar==

Anonby and Bahmani (2013) Verbs and verb phrases Kholosi uses several light verbs to form noun-verb compounds. This is a common feature of Indo-Iranian languages. The adverb precedes the verb it modifies. ====Case and adpositions==== Kholosi has noun-suffixed postpositions (e.g. the genitive marker -jo which agrees with the gender of the possessor) as characteristic of Indo-Aryan languages. Syntax Kholosi is a verb-final language with SOV word order. ==Vocabulary==

Kholosi has roughly twice the number of Indo-Aryan terms in its basic lexicon than Iranian borrowings. The primary source of Iranian borrowings is Persian, but Larestani and Bandari (in the same geographical area) also appear to have contributed vocabulary. A high degree of similarity with Indo-Aryan languages Indo-Aryan vocabulary in Kholosi Kholosi Indo-Iranian vocabulary aligned with Indo-Aryan sound changes A significant proportion of structures shared with neighbouring Iranian languages Iranian vocabulary in Kholosi Words illustrating the local character of Iranian vocabulary in Kholosi Lack of contrastive aspiration on stops in Kholosi A full fricative series in Kholosi Lack of an implosive series in Kholosi Complex predicates in Kholosi Distinctive structures in Kholosi Distinctive Kholosi vocabulary ==References==