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 Welsh Romani
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Kååle · Welsh Kale
The inflected Northern Romani variety historically spoken by the Kååle of Wales. It was extensively documented by John Sampson in the early twentieth century and is now extinct as a first language, the last fluent speakers having died in the mid-twentieth century. It is notable as the last conservatively inflected Romani dialect attested in Britain.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 52.13°, -3.78°
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DialectArliA Balkan Romani variety spoken widely across North Macedonia, Kosovo, southern Serbia, and Bulgaria.DialectWelsh RomaniThe inflected Northern Romani variety historically spoken by the Kååle of Wales. It was extensively documented by John Sampson in the early twentieth century and is now extinct as a first language, the last fluent speakers having died in the mid-twentieth century. It is notable as the last conservatively inflected Romani dialect attested in Britain.CompareArli vs Baltic RomaniAtlasExplore the atlasRead the full picture of Romani and the dialects within it.