Community-led
Content will be co-developed with Dom speakers and cultural organizations — not built about them, built with them.
Planned · Heritage App
A future home for Domari learning and heritage
Domari is the Indo-Aryan language of the Dom people across the Middle East. The app is in planning — a calm, respectful space for learning, cultural preservation, and dialect documentation as communities share their materials.
- Indo-Aryan
- West Asia
- Heritage
- Planned
How the Domari app is being thought through
The Domari app sits in planning. Rather than ship empty screens, this page outlines the principles that will guide the app when community data and partners are in place.
Dialect documentation
The app will document regional Domari variants with audio, vocabulary, and grammar notes as materials become available.
Cultural respect
Thoughtful framing of Dom cultural heritage — vocabulary, oral stories, and history presented with care and citation.
Offline-first
Like every DialectAtlas app, Domari will live on your device — no account required, no tracking, everything local.
Dialect comparison
When regional Domari data is ready, the app will let learners compare varieties side by side — the same model as Persian and Arabic.
Heritage emphasis
Vocabulary around music, crafts, food, and daily life — the living culture carried by the language.
Domari across the Middle East
Domari is an Indo-Aryan language carried across West Asia and North Africa by Dom communities. Four regional clusters shape how the app will approach future dialect data.
Levantine DomTurkish DomEgyptian & Sudanese DomIranian Dom
Levantine Dom
Dom communities across Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. The best-documented Domari variety in academic work.
Turkish Dom
Dom communities in Turkey (where they are also known as Dom or Abdal), with considerable contact with Turkish and Kurdish.
Egyptian & Sudanese Dom
Dom communities across Egypt and Sudan, sometimes grouped under broader labels. Less-documented linguistically.
Iranian Dom
Dom communities in Iran, historically known by various names. Linguistic documentation is limited in the academic literature.