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Lifashian developed on its own, distinctly from other Indo-European languages,
Lifashian developed on its own, distinctly from other Indo-European languages,
although it is definitely closer to the [[w:Anatolian languages|Anatolian languages]], particularly the [[w:Luwian language|Luwian]] subgroup, than to other languages in the family, despite sharing some traits with [[w:Armenian language|Armenian]] and [[w:Greek language|Greek]]. Its vocabulary has a substantial number of inherited roots, but through millennia the language absorbed many loanwords, especially from [[w:Persian language|Persian]] and [[w:Arabic language|Arabic]] (through the former), and to smaller extents from its neighbours Armenian, the [[w:Kartvelian languages|Kartvelian languages]] and [[w:Turkish language|Turkish]], as well as from Greek and [[w:Russian language|Russian]]. Long-term Genoese colonization and reciprocal contacts also introduced many [[w:Ligurian (Romance language)|Ligurian]] loans, as well as forming one of the main ethnic minorities in the country, Lifashian Ligurians, which had a marked influence on the culture of coastal urban areas.
although it is definitely closer to the [[w:Anatolian languages|Anatolian languages]], particularly the [[w:Luwian language|Luwian]] subgroup, than to other languages in the family, despite sharing some traits with [[w:Armenian language|Armenian]] and [[w:Greek language|Greek]]. It has also some [[w:Standard Average European|SAE]] traits, while being markedly different in others. Its vocabulary has a substantial number of inherited roots, but through millennia the language absorbed many loanwords, especially from [[w:Persian language|Persian]] and [[w:Arabic language|Arabic]] (through the former), and to smaller extents from its neighbours Armenian, the [[w:Kartvelian languages|Kartvelian languages]] and [[w:Turkish language|Turkish]], as well as from Greek and [[w:Russian language|Russian]]. Long-term Genoese colonization and reciprocal contacts also introduced many [[w:Ligurian (Romance language)|Ligurian]] loans, as well as forming one of the main ethnic minorities in the country, Lifashian Ligurians, which had a marked influence on the culture of coastal urban areas.


It is written in the Lifashian alphabet, a bicameral script ultimately related to other ancient scripts of Asia Minor like the [[w:Lydian alphabet|Lydian alphabet]].
It is written in the Lifashian alphabet, a bicameral script ultimately related to other ancient scripts of Asia Minor like the [[w:Lydian alphabet|Lydian alphabet]].
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