Northern Romani dialects

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Northern Romani
Geographic
distribution
Baltic States, Belgium, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Scotland, Sweden, Wales
Linguistic classification Indo-European
Language codes
Glottolog roma1330
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Northern Romani dialects are a group of dialects of the Romani language spoken in various Northern, North-Western, North-Central and North-Eastern European countries.

The first grammatical outline of the Romani language was done on the Sinti variety. [1]

Dialects

Elšík [2] uses this classification and dialect examples (geographical information from Matras [1] ):

Sub-groupDialectPlace
Kā̊lē Romnimus

(Welsh Romani)

North Wales
Romanichal Romanes

(Angloromani)

England, Scotland
Kaale (Kaalengō čib)

Finnish Kalo

Finland (only about a thousand speakers) [1]
NortheasternLotfitkoLatvia [3]
XaladytkoNorth Russian [4]
LešakiPoland
Sinto-Manuš PrajstikoPrussia [5]
Hameln SintiNorth Germany [6]
Marburg SintiWest Germany
Bohemian SintiCzech lands before World War II
Hungarian SintiHungary
Westphalian SintiNortheastern Germany
Auvergne ManušSouth Central France
Piedmontese SintiNorthwest Italy
Lombardian SintiNorth Italy
Venetian SintiNortheast Italy
ApennineAbruzzianCentral Italy
CalabrianSouth Italy

References

  1. 1 2 3 Matras, Yaron (2002). Romani: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   0-521-02330-0, pp. 6-13
  2. Elšík, Viktor (1999). "Dialect variation in Romani personal pronouns" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  3. "ROMLEX: Romani Dialects". Romani.uni-graz.at. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  4. Bakker, Peter; Kiuchukov, Khristo (2000). "What is the Romani language? (Hertfordshire: University of Hertfordshire Press): p. 100. ISBN   1-902806-06-9
  5. Elšík, Viktor (2005). ""Sintská a manušská romština: sociolingvistická situace, komunity mluvčích a dokumentace jejich jazyka"" (PDF). Ulug.ff.cuni.cz. p. 9. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  6. Elšík 2005: p. 10