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Dialect comparison

Baltic Romani vs Welsh Romani

Compare two dialects of Romani side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Baltic Romani

Polska Roma · Xaladitka Roma

A northern Romani variety historically rooted in Poland and the Baltic region, shaped by long contact with Slavic and Baltic languages.

Approximate centre
52.50°, 21.00°
Welsh Romani

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.

Approximate centre
52.13°, -3.78°

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