ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE
Dialect sampler
Name of dialect:
LOVARI
Classification:
Northern Vlax
Country:
Hungary
Major contact language:
Hungarian
Location:
(Pécs)
Literature:
Hutterer, Miklós & György Mészáros 1967. A Lovāri Cigány Dialektus Leíró Nyelvtana. Hangtan, Szóképzés, Alaktan, Szótár. Budapest: Magyar Nyelvtudomány / Hungarian Linguistics.
Samples:
day
egg
bread
other
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 dźes
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 anro
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 manro
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 kaver
day egg bread other
I was at home
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 khēre sim-as
at.home I.am-REM
I came home
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 khēre av-il-em
at.home come-PAST.1SG
This is a small boy
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 kad-o jekh cikn-o śāvo si
this.M INDEF small-M boy is
I was playing with my brother
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 mur-e phral-esa khel-d-em ma
my-OBL brother-INSTR play-PAST-1SG me.OBL
Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?
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 kam-es te khel-es kodol-e štār-e śej-ansa?
want-2SG COMP play-2SG these-OBL four-OBL girl-PL.F.INSTR
The room of my two sisters is very small
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 mur-e duj-e phen-jang-i soba zurāles cikn-i si
my.OBL two-OBL sister-F.PL.GEN-F room very small-F is