From: Danny Wier
Message: 2855
Date: 2000-07-22
> BTW, the initial consonant of Proto-Romani *Dom (m.), *Domni (f.)They're called the Domari in Iran too, aren't they? (The form of
> and *Domba (pl.) was a retroflex stop (the underdotted d of the
> standard Indological transcription). The Middle Eastern Roma call
> themselves Dom with a non-rhotacised stop, while those in Armenia are
> known as Lom. Interestingly, while we're at it, the Balto-Slavic and
> Spanish Roma use an alveolar trill [r], but the French and German
> ones have a uvular fricative/approximant [R], like the local Gaje
> (non-Gypsies).