ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE
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Name of dialect:
NORTH RUSSIAN
Classification:
Northeastern
Country:
Russia
Major contact language:
Russian
Location:
Ekaterinburg (Ural region, central Russia)
Literature:
Wentzel, Tatjana W. 1980. Die Zigeunersprache (Nordrussischer Dialekt). Leipzig: Enzyklopädie.
Sergievski, M. V. 1931. Cyganski Jazyk. Moskva: Centraljnoe Izdateljstvo Narodov S.S.S.R.
Samples:
day
egg
bread
other
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 dyves
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 parn-or-o
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 maro
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 javir
day white-DIMIN-M bread other
I was at home
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 me som-as khǝre
I am.1SG-REM at.home
I came home
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 me jav-jom khǝre
I come-PAST.1SG at.home
This is a small boy
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 adava tykn-o čavro
this small-M boy
I was playing with my brother
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 me khǝl-d-jom peskir-esa pšal-esa
I play-PAST-1SG REFL.GEN-INSTR brother-INSTR
Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?
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 tu kam-es te po-khǝl-es odol-enca štar-enca roman-e čhari-jenca?
you want-2SG COMP SLASP-play-2SG those-INSTR four-INSTR Gypsy-PL girl-PL.INSTR
No one uses this anymore
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 nikon adal-esa butedyr na poljz-in-e pe
nobody this-INSTR more NEG use-LOAN-3SG REFL
The room of my two sisters is very small
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 komnata mir-ende duj-ende phǝn-jende drivan tykn-i
room my-PL.LOC two-LOC sister-PL.F.LOC very small-F