ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE
Dialect sampler
Name of dialect:
TSOTSOMANYA
Classification:
Balkan
Country:
Bulgaria
Major contact language:
Bulgarian
Location:
Tserovo, 20 km NW of Pazardjik
Literature:
Gilliat-Smith, Bernard. 1935. The dialect of the Moslem Kalajdžis (Tinner) of the Tatar Pazardžik district. Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, third series, 14: 25-43.
Samples:
day
egg
bread
other
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 gjes
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 aro
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 maro
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 aver
day egg bread other
I was at home
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 me sim-as kher-e.
I am.1SG-REM at.home
I came home
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 me pribir-in-gj-um man khere.
I come-LOAN-PAST-1SG me.OBL at.home
This is a small boy
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 kava si ek cikn-o čhavo.
this is INDEF small-M boy
I was playing with my brother
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 khel-gj-um-as me phral-esa.
play-PAST-1SG-REM my.OBL brother-INSTR
Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?
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 mang-es-a li te khel-es tuke kal-e štar-e roma-e čha-enca?
want-2SG-IND QUE COMP play-2SG you.DAT these-OBL four-OBL Gypsy-OBL girl- PL.INSTR
No one uses this anymore
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 veče nikon nana ipolz-in-la kava.
already nobody NEG use-LOAN-3SG.IND this
The room of my two sisters is very small
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 me do phen-enge soba si but cikn-i.
my.OBL two.OBL sister-PL.DAT room is very small-F