ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE
Dialect sampler
Name of dialect:
MUSICIANS' DIALECT
Classification:
Balkan (zis)
Country:
Bulgaria
Major contact language:
Bulgarian, Turkish
Location:
Sliven
Literature:
Boretzky, Norbert. 2000. South Balkan II as a Romani dialect branch: Bugurdži, Drindari, and Kalajdži. Romani Studies, fifth series, 10: 105-183.
Samples:
day
egg
bread
other
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 zies
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 aru
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 maru
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 aver
day egg bread other
I was at home
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 me sem-as khǝrǝ.
I am.1SG-REM at.home
I came home
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 me pribir-iz-im man khǝrǝ.
I come-LOAN-PAST.1SG me.OBL at.home
This is a small boy
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 kǝkǝ ek cikor-u kǝzǝ-j.
this INDEF small-M boy-is
I was playing with my brother
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 khel-av-as mange mǝ phral-esa.
play-1SG-REM me.DAT my.OBL brother-INSTR
Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?
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 mang-ǝs-a tǝ khel-es tuke kal-e štar-e čha-er-inca o rom-enca?
want-2SG-IND COMP play-2SG you.DAT these-OBL four-OBL girl-DIMIN- PL.INSTR ART Gypsy- PL.INSTR
No one uses this anymore
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 veči nikon na ispolz-ył-a kǝka.
already nobody NEG use-3SG-IND this
The room of my two sisters is very small
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 o kher mǝ do phe-eng-u but cikn-u.
ART.M house my.OBL two.OBL sister-PL.GEN-M very small-M