ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE
Dialect sampler
Name of dialect:
Thracian Kalajdži (Vlaxurja)
Classification:
Southern Vlax
Country:
Bulgaria
Major contact language:
Bulgarian
Location:
Dolni Čiftlik (Varna Region)
Literature:
Gilliat-Smith, B.J. 1915. A report on the Gypsy tribes of North East Bulgaria. Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, new series, 9: 1-54, 65–109.
Samples:
day
egg
bread
other
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 gijes
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 anro
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 manro
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 aver
day egg bread other
I was at home
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 me sem-as khere.
I am.1SG-REM at.home
I came home
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 me avil-em-tar mange khere.
I came-1SG-DIST me.DAT at.home
This is a small boy
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 kaa si ek cǝkn-o čhaoro.
this is INDEF small-M boy
I was playing with my brother
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 khel-av-as mǝnr-ǝ phral-esa.
play-1SG-REM my-OBL brother-INSTR
Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?
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 mang-es te khel-es tuke kal-e kajso štar-e čoror-ǝnca fičirkisi-nsa?
want-2SG COMP play-2SG you.DAT these-OBL REL four-OBL poor- PL.INSTR Gypsy.girl- PL.INSTR
No one uses this anymore
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 khonik in ispolz-isjar-el kava šej.
nobody NEG use-LOAN-3SG this thing
The room of my two sisters is very small
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 mǝnr-ǝ do phen-enge staja si but cǝkn-i.
my-OBL two.OBL sister-PL.DAT room is very small-F