A Balkan Romani variety spoken widely across North Macedonia, Kosovo, southern Serbia, and Bulgaria.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 42.00°, 21.43°
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Arli vs Romanichal
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Angloromani · British Romani · Pogadi Chib
The Romani variety of the Romanichal Travellers of England and the wider British Isles. The older inflected dialect is no longer spoken; it survives as Angloromani, a para-Romani register in which a substantial Romani-derived lexicon is embedded in an English grammatical frame. Diaspora communities exist in North America and Australia.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 52.48°, -1.90°
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DialectArliA Balkan Romani variety spoken widely across North Macedonia, Kosovo, southern Serbia, and Bulgaria.DialectRomanichalThe Romani variety of the Romanichal Travellers of England and the wider British Isles. The older inflected dialect is no longer spoken; it survives as Angloromani, a para-Romani register in which a substantial Romani-derived lexicon is embedded in an English grammatical frame. Diaspora communities exist in North America and Australia.CompareArli vs Baltic RomaniAtlasExplore the atlasRead the full picture of Romani and the dialects within it.