ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE
Dialect sampler
Name of dialect:
ROMACILIKANES
Classification:
Balkan
Country:
Greece
Major contact language:
Greek
Location:
Parakalamos ( in Epiros region, near Ioannina)
Literature:
Matras, Yaron. 2004. Romacilikanes - the Romani dialect of Parakalamos. Romani Studies, 5th series, 14(1):59-109.
Samples:
day
egg
bread
other
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 dives
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 vando
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 mando
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 vaver
day egg bread other
I was at home
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 išom-as to kher
am.1SG-REM at home
I came home
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 alj-om to kher
came-1SG at home
This is a small boy
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 ov isi njekh čhíkor-o čhavo
he is INDEF small-M boy
I was playing with my brother
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 khel-av-a me phral-esa
I play-1SG-REM my.OBL brother-INSTR
Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?
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 kam-es-a te khel-es olen-za i trin-enza i romacel-jenza?
want-2SG-IND COMP play-2SG those-INSTR ART.F three-INSTR ART.F Gypsy-PL.F.INSTR
No one uses this anymore
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 dunjek na ther-el osova o praɣma
nobody NEG have-3SG use ART.M thing
The room of my two sisters is very small
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 o kher e duj-engor-o e phral-engor-o isi but čikor-o
ART.M house ART.PL two-GEN-M ART.PL brother-PL.GEN-M is very small-M