Dialect comparisonCrimean Romani vs Welsh Romani
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°
Welsh RomaniKååle · 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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