ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE
Dialect sampler
Name of dialect:
NORTH RUSSIAN
Classification:
Northeastern
Country:
Russia
Major contact language:
Russian
Location:
born in Gomelj (Belorussia); during childhood lived in Daugavpils (Latvia); then in Pskov (near the border with Estonia and Latvia)
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-ys khere
I am.1SG-REM at.home
I came home
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 me jav-d'-om khere
I come-PAST-1SG at.home
This is a small boy
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 kadava tykn-o čhav-or-o
this small-M boy-DIMIN-M
I was playing with my brother
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 me bro-in-dž'-om mir-e pšal-or-esa
I play-LOAN-PAST-1SG my-OBL brother-DIMIN-INSTR
Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?
COMP
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 kam-es te po-bro-in-es dol-e štar-e čhaj-or-jenca?
want-2SG SLASP-play-LOAN-2SG those-OBL four-OBL girl-DIMIN-PL.F.INSTR
No one uses this anymore
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 nikon dal-esa bol'šy na pol'zyn pe
nobody this-INSTR more NEG use-3PL REFL
The room of my two sisters is very small
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 komnata duj-e mir-e phen-jeng'ir-e očin' tykn'-in'ko
room two-OBL my-OBL sister-PL.F.GEN-PL very small-DIMIN