Dialect comparison

Jerusalem Domari vs Levantine Domari

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

Jerusalem Domari

Domari of Jerusalem · Nawari

The most thoroughly documented Domari variety, spoken by the Dom community of the Old City of Jerusalem. Severely endangered, with only a few hundred fluent speakers; the reference variety in Matras (2012), A Grammar of Domari.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
31.78°, 35.23°
Levantine Domari

Domari spoken by Dom communities across the wider Levant — the West Bank and Gaza beyond Jerusalem, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. Documentation outside Jerusalem is uneven and largely lexical.

Approximate centre
31.95°, 35.90°

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