Kalderash Romani language

Kalderash Romani
Native to	Romania
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Central Zone Romani Vlax Northern/Vlax I Kalderash Romani
Dialects	Erromintxela [a]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	kald1238

Kalderash Romani is a group of Vlax dialects spoken by the Kalderash Romani, mainly in Romania. Its main contact language is Romanian. ^{[1] [2]}

The Bible was translated to Kalderash Romani by Matéo Maximoff. ^[3]

Orthography

Cyrillic alphabet of Kalderash dialect ^[4]

Upper case	А	Б	В	Г	Ғ	Д	Дж	Е	Ё	Ж	З	И	Й	К	Кх	Л	М	Н	О	П	Пх	Р	Рр	С	Т	Тх	У	Ф	Х	Ц	Ч	Ш	Ъ	Ы	Ь	Э	Ю	Я
Lower case	а	б	в	г	ғ	д	дж	е	ё	ж	з	и	й	к	кх	л	м	н	о	п	пх	р	рр	с	т	тх	у	ф	х	ц	ч	ш	ъ	ы	ь	э	ю	я
Transliteration	a	b	v	h	g	d	dž	je	jo	ź	z	i	j	k	kh	l	m	n	o	p	ph	r	rr	s	t	th	u	f	x	c	č	š	ë/ä	i	'	e	ju	ja
Pronunciation (in IPA)	a	b	v	h	ɡ	d	d͡ ʒ	je	jo	ʒ	z	i	j	k	k ʰ	l	m	n	o	p	p ʰ	r	ɻ	s	t	t ʰ	u	f	x	t͡s	t͡ʃ	ʃ	ə	i	-	e	ju	ja

References

1. Ronald Lee, Romani Dictionary: Kalderash-English, Magoria Books, 2010. ISBN   978-0-9811626-4-5
2. D.S. Kenrick (1970). "Notes and Queries". Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society . 49. Edinburgh: 76. ProQuest   1299019981.
3. Maximoff, Matéo (August 22, 1998). Kalderash New Testament and Psalms/E Nevi Viasta ai O Psalmo (in Romany). Bible Society. ASIN   B001R8ZXEC.
4. "Kalderash Romani language". Omniglot. Retrieved 15 February 2021.

Notes

1. Erromintxela's vocabulary is primarily Kalderash Romani in origin, while the syntax and morphology is primarily Basque in origin.