ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE
Dialect sampler
Name of dialect:
KALBURDŽU
Classification:
Southern Vlax
Country:
Bulgaria
Major contact language:
Bulgarian, Turkish
Location:
Sindel, 20 km SW of Varna
Literature:
Gilliat-Smith, Bernard. 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
soundicon
 give
soundicon
 arno
soundicon
 marno
soundicon
 baška
day egg bread other
I was at home
soundicon
 me raki khere sem-a
I yesterday at.home am.1SG-REM
I came home
soundicon
 me raki kid-isajl-em khere.
I yesterday come-LOAN.PAST-1SG at.home
This is a small boy
soundicon
 adava ek sıkn-or-o čhavo.
this INDEF small-DIMIN-M boy
I was playing with my brother
soundicon
 khel-d-em me me phal-esa.
play-PAST-1SG I my.OBL brother-INSTR
Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?
soundicon
 mang-e mǝ te khel-e kał-e štar-e roman-e čhe-ensa?
want-2SG QUE COMP play-2SG these-OBL four-OBL Gypsy-OBL girl-PL.INSTR
No one uses this anymore
soundicon
 karǝk khonik in ker-el les ispolzva.
more nobody NEG do.3SG it.OBL use
The room of my two sisters is very small
soundicon
 o kher mer do phe-enge but sıkn-o.
ART.M house my two.OBL sister-PL.DAT very small-M