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Dialect comparison

Levantine Domari vs Turkish Domari

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

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°
Turkish Domari

Abdal

Dom communities in Türkiye (also known locally as Dom or Abdal), concentrated in southeastern Anatolia, with significant contact influence from Turkish and Kurdish.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
37.91°, 40.22°

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