Northern Romani dialects

Group of 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

* Indo-Iranian
* Indo-Aryan
* Central Zone
* Romani
* Northern Romani

Language codes
Glottolog| `roma1330`

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

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

Sub-group  | Dialect  | Place

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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

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1. ^ a b c 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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Romani language(s)

Romani varieties|

| Balkan Romani|

* Rumelian Romani
* Sepečides Romani
* Zargari Romani

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Northern Romani|

* Finnish Kalo
* Sinte Romani
* Welsh Romani

Vlax Romani|

* Kalderash Romani

Other|

* Baltic Romani
* Carpathian Romani

Proto-languages|

* Early Romani

Mixed varieties|

* Angloromani
* Bohemian Romani
* Caló
* Erromintxela
* Laiuse Romani
* Lomavren
* Romano-Greek
* Romano-Serbian
* Scandoromani
* Scottish Cant

Writing|

* Alphabets
* Bible translations

Organizations|

* Institute for the Languages of Finland

Media|

* Khrlo e Romengo
* RTK 2
* Sutka City TV

Related|

* Standardization
* World Day of Romani Language

Italics indicate extinct languages

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