ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE
Dialect sampler
Name of dialect:
Estonian Roma
Classification:
Northeastern
Country:
Estonia
Major contact language:
Estonian, Russian
Location:
Kohila 35 km south of Tallinn (20 km north of Rapla)
Literature:
Ariste, Paul. 1973. Einige Märchen der Čuchny-Zigeuner. Proverbium 18: 692-693.
Samples:
day
egg
bread
other
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 dīs
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 jaro
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 māro
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 vār
day egg bread other
I was at home
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 me isom-as khēre.
I am.1SG-REM at.home
I came home
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 me jav-j-om khēre.
I come-PAST-1SG at.home
This is a small boy
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 da isi tikn-o čhāvo.
this is small-M boy
Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?
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 tu kam-es-a te broj-in-es da štar rakl-or-jenca?
you want-2SG-IND COMP play-LOAN-2SG this four girl-DIMIN-PL.F.INSTR
No one uses this anymore
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 nikon na kozant-in-i dava buttyr.
nobody NEG use-LOAN-3SG this more
The room of my two sisters is very small
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 mīr-e duj phen-jengir-i umōra isi tikn-inko.
my-OBL two sister-PL.F.GEN-F room is small-DIMIN