Also known as: Abdal
Dom communities in Türkiye (also known locally as Dom or Abdal), concentrated in southeastern Anatolia, with significant contact influence from Turkish and Kurdish.
Turkish Domari is a dialect of the Domari language.
Turkish Domari is primarily spoken in Türkiye.
Turkish Domari is part of the Middle East region on DialectAtlas.
Yes — Turkish Domari is also referred to as Abdal.
Domari also includes Jerusalem Domari, Levantine Domari, Egyptian & Sudanese Domari, Iranian Domari. Each variety has its own vocabulary, pronunciation, and cultural context.
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.
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.
Ghagar · Halebi
Dom communities across Egypt and Sudan, sometimes grouped under broader regional labels. Linguistic documentation remains limited.
Dom communities in Iran, historically referred to by various local names. Academic documentation of their speech is sparse.
108 km away
Spoken in eastern Turkey. Closely related to Kurdish varieties, with its own grammar and vocabulary.
121 km away
The most widely spoken Kurdish variety, used across southeast Turkey, northern Syria, and parts of Iraq and Iran.
271 km away
A southern Kurmanji subdialect spoken in Duhok province of Iraqi Kurdistan and adjacent areas of southeastern Turkey. Mutually intelligible with northern Kurmanji but with distinct phonology and vocabulary, and traditionally written in Arabic script alongside Sorani rather than the Latin script used for Kurmanji further north.
387 km away
Spoken across Iraqi Kurdistan and western Iran. The main written language in Iraqi Kurdistan.
530 km away
A Kartvelian language of western Georgia around Zugdidi. Closely related to Georgian but linguistically distinct; primarily an oral language with limited written use.
532 km away
The Azerbaijani of north-western Iran, centred on Tabriz. The most-spoken Azerbaijani variety; uses a Perso-Arabic script and shows long contact with Persian.
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