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(Redirected from Northwestern Romani) Group of Romani dialects
Northern Romani
Geographic
distribution
Baltic States, Belgium, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Scotland, Sweden, Wales
Linguistic classificationIndo-European
Language codes
Glottologroma1330

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.

Dialects

Elšík uses this classification and dialect examples (geographical information from Matras):

Sub-group Dialect Place
Kalá Welsh Romani (Kalá) Wales
Romanichal Angloromani England, Scotland
Kàlo Finnish Kalo Finland (only about a thousand speakers)
Northeastern Lotfitko Latvia
Xaladytko North Russian
Lešaki Poland
Sinto-Manuš Prajstiko Prussia
Hameln Sinti North Germany
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

  1. ^ Matras, Yaron (2002). Romani: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-02330-0
  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
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