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Dialect comparison

Lovari vs Scandoromani

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

Lovari

A Vlax Romani variety with strong Hungarian and Slavic influence. Spoken across Central Europe.

Approximate centre
47.50°, 19.04°
Scandoromani

Tavringer 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.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
59.33°, 13.50°

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