Northern Romani dialects

{{Infobox language family

| name = Northern Romani

| altname =

| region = Baltic States, Belgium, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Scotland, Sweden, Wales

| familycolor = Indo-European

| fam2 = Indo-Iranian

| fam3 = Indo-Aryan

| fam4 = Romani

| glotto = roma1330

| glottorefname = Northern Romani

| map = Romany dialects Northern.svg

}}

Northern Romani dialects are a group of dialects of the Romani language spoken in various Northern, North-Western, North-Central and North-Eastern European countries.

The first grammatical outline of the Romani language was done on the Sinti variety.{{Wikicite | id= Matras-2002 | reference= Matras, Yaron (2002). Romani: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|0-521-02330-0}}, pp. 6-13}}

Dialects

Elšík{{cite web |last=Elšík |first=Viktor |title=Dialect variation in Romani personal pronouns |url=http://ulug.ff.cuni.cz/lingvistika/elsik/veda/Elsik_2000_Pronouns.pdf |year=1999 |page=2|format=PDF|accessdate=17 September 2013}} uses this classification and dialect examples (geographical information from Matras):

border="1"
scope="col" \| Sub-group ! scope="col" \| Dialect ! scope="col" \| Place
Kalá \| Welsh Romani (Kalá) \| Wales
Romanichal \| Angloromani \| England, Scotland
Kàlo \| Finnish Kalo \| Finland (only about a thousand speakers)
Northeastern \| Lotfitko \| Latvia{{cite web\|url=http://romani.uni-graz.at/romlex/dialects.xml\|title=ROMLEX: Romani Dialects\|website=Romani.uni-graz.at\|accessdate=14 January 2018}}
\| Xaladytko \| North RussianBakker, Peter; Kiuchukov, Khristo (2000). "What is the Romani language?'' (Hertfordshire: University of Hertfordshire Press): p. 100. {{ISBN\|1-902806-06-9}}
\| Lešaki \| Poland
Sinto-Manuš \| Prajstiko \| Prussia{{cite web\|author=Elšík, Viktor\|date=2005\|url=http://ulug.ff.cuni.cz/lingvistika/elsik/veda/Elsik_2005_SMR-sociolingvistika.pdf \|format=PDF\|title="Sintská a manušská romština: sociolingvistická situace, komunity mluvčích a dokumentace jejich jazyka"\|page=9\|website=Ulug.ff.cuni.cz\|accessdate=14 January 2018}}
\|Hameln Sinti \|North GermanyElšík 2005: p. 10
\|Marburg Sinti \|West Germany
\|Bohemian Sinti \|Czech lands before World War II
\|Hungarian Sinti \|Hungary
\|Westphalian Sinti \|Northeastern Germany
\|Auvergne Manuš \|South Central France
\|Piedmontese Sinti \|Northwest Italy
\|Lombardian Sinti \|North Italy
\|Venetian Sinti \|Northeast Italy
Apennine \|Abruzzian \|Central Italy
\|Calabrian \|South Italy

border="1"

scope="col" | Sub-group

! scope="col" | Dialect

! scope="col" | Place

Kalá

| Welsh Romani (Kalá)

| Wales

| England, Scotland

| Finland (only about a thousand speakers)

Northeastern

| Lotfitko

| Latvia{{cite web|url=http://romani.uni-graz.at/romlex/dialects.xml|title=ROMLEX: Romani Dialects|website=Romani.uni-graz.at|accessdate=14 January 2018}}

| Xaladytko

| North RussianBakker, Peter; Kiuchukov, Khristo (2000). "What is the Romani language?'' (Hertfordshire: University of Hertfordshire Press): p. 100. {{ISBN|1-902806-06-9}}

| Lešaki

| Poland

Sinto-Manuš

| Prajstiko

| Prussia{{cite web|author=Elšík, Viktor|date=2005|url=http://ulug.ff.cuni.cz/lingvistika/elsik/veda/Elsik_2005_SMR-sociolingvistika.pdf |format=PDF|title="Sintská a manušská romština: sociolingvistická situace, komunity mluvčích a dokumentace jejich jazyka"|page=9|website=Ulug.ff.cuni.cz|accessdate=14 January 2018}}

|Hameln Sinti

|North GermanyElšík 2005: p. 10

|Marburg Sinti

|West Germany

|Bohemian Sinti

|Czech lands before World War II

|Hungarian Sinti

|Hungary

|Westphalian Sinti

|Northeastern Germany

|Auvergne Manuš

|South Central France

|Piedmontese Sinti

|Northwest Italy

|Lombardian Sinti

|North Italy

|Venetian Sinti

|Northeast Italy

Apennine

|Abruzzian

|Central Italy

|Calabrian

|South Italy

References

Category:Romani in Europe