Northern Romani is a group of dialects of the Romani language spoken in various Northern European, northern Central European and northern Eastern European countries.
| 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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The first grammatical outline of Romani was done on Sinti variety.[1]
Dialects
editElšík[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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