Classification
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) made some brief notes on Kholosi grammar, but so far no grammatical sketch nor a full grammar of the language has been documented.Morphology
Nouns and noun phrases
Nouns have inherent grammatical gender, and adjectives agree in gender with the head noun. Attributive adjectives follow the head noun, unlike other Indo-Aryan languages. Numerals precede the head noun.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
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
Indo-Aryan languages Languages of Iran {{IndoAryan-lang-stub