Northern Romani dialects
| Northern Romani | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Baltic States, Belgium, Britain, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scandinavia, Slovakia, Spain |
| Linguistic classification | Indo-European
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | roma1330 |
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Northern Romani is a group of dialects of the Romani language spoken in various Northern European, northern Central European and northern Eastern European countries.
The first grammatical outline of Romani was done on Sinti variety.[1]
Dialects
[edit]Elšík[2] uses this classification and dialect examples (geographical information from Matras[1]):
| Sub-group | Dialect | Place |
|---|---|---|
| Kalá | Welsh Romani (Kalá) | Wales |
| Romanichal | Angloromani | England, Scotland |
| Kàlo | Finnish Kalo | Finland (only about a thousand speakers)[1] |
| Northeastern | Lotfitko | Latvia[3] |
| Xaladytko | North Russian[4] | |
| Lešaki | Poland | |
| Sinto-Manuš | Prajstiko | Prussia[5] |
| Hameln Sinti | North Germany[6] | |
| Marburg Sinti | West Germany | |
| Bohemian Sinti | Czech lands before World War II | |
| Hungarian Sinti | Hungary | |
| Westphalian Sinti | Northeastern Germany | |
| Auvergne Manuš | South Central France | |
| Piedmontese Sinti | Northwest Italy | |
| Lombardian Sinti | North Italy | |
| Venetian Sinti | Northeast Italy | |
| Apennine | Abruzzian | Central Italy |
| Calabrian | South Italy |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Matras, Yaron (2002). Romani: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-02330-0
- ^ Elšík, Viktor (1999). "Dialect variation in Romani personal pronouns" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ "ROMLEX: Romani Dialects". Romani.uni-graz.at. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ Bakker, Peter; Kiuchukov, Khristo (2000). "What is the Romani language? (Hertfordshire: University of Hertfordshire Press): p. 100. ISBN 1-902806-06-9
- ^ 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.
- ^ Elšík 2005: p. 10
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