ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE
Dialect sampler
Name of dialect:
ROMAN
Classification:
Southern Central
Country:
Austria
Major contact language:
German
Location:
Oberwart, Burgenland
Literature:
Halwachs, Dieter W. 1998. Amaro vakeripe Roman hi – Unsere Sprache ist Roman: Texte, Glossar und Grammatik der burgenländischen Romani-Variante. Klagenfurt: Drava.
Samples:
day
egg
bread
other
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 di
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 kuku
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 maro
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 avre
day egg bread other
I was at home
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 me som-ahi kher
I am.1SG-REM home
I came home
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 me kher aj-om
I home came-1SG
This is a small boy
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 ada tikn-o čau hi
this small-M boy is
I was playing with my brother
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 me mre phral-aha khel-āhi
I my.OBL brother-INSTR play-1SG.REM
Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?
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 kam-eh-a adal-e štar čaj-enca te khel-el?
want-2SG-IND these-OBL four girl-PL.INSTR COMP play-INF
No one uses this anymore
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 niko na l-el ada buter
nobody NEG take-3SG this more
The room of my two sisters is very small
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 o kher mre duj phen-jendar igen tikn-o hi
ART.M room my.OBL two sister-PL.F.ABL very small-M is