Dialect comparisonUrsari vs Welsh Romani
Compare two dialects of Romani side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.
UrsariUrsaritska · Rićhinari
A Balkan Romani variety spoken in Romania and Moldova, traditionally associated with the Ursari, the Roma groups historically known as bear-leaders. It is grouped with the Balkan dialects rather than the surrounding Vlax varieties and shows substantial Romanian contact influence.
- Approximate centre
- 44.43°, 26.10°
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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