Dialect comparisonCrimean Romani vs Scandoromani
Compare two dialects of Romani side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.
Crimean RomaniKrymitika Roma · Crimean Roma
A Balkan Romani variety spoken by Roma communities of the Crimean peninsula and the northern Black Sea coast, marked by heavy contact influence from Crimean Tatar and other Turkic languages in both lexicon and phonology.
- Approximate centre
- 45.05°, 34.10°
ScandoromaniTavringer Romani · Traveller Romani · Rommani
A para-Romani variety spoken by Traveller communities in Sweden and Norway, combining a Romani-derived lexicon with a Scandinavian grammatical frame. It descends from the speech of Romani groups present in the region since the sixteenth century and survives today largely as an in-group vocabulary register.
- Approximate centre
- 59.33°, 13.50°
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