Romani
Romani is documented on Dialect Atlas across 8 dialects, including Arli, Baltic Romani, Central European Romani.
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- ArliA Balkan Romani variety spoken widely across North Macedonia, Kosovo, southern Serbia, and Bulgaria.
- Baltic RomaniPolska Roma · Xaladitka RomaA northern Romani variety historically rooted in Poland and the Baltic region, shaped by long contact with Slavic and Baltic languages.
- Central European RomaniCentral Slovak Romani · Servika RomaA Central European Romanes variety spoken by Romanes communities in Slovakia, with strong contact-influenced vocabulary from Slovak, Hungarian, and neighbouring languages.
- GurbetiA Balkan Romani variety with communities across Bosnia, Serbia, and surrounding countries.
- KalderashA Vlax Romani variety with a long history in Romania and the Balkans. Traditionally associated with coppersmith trades.
- LovariA Vlax Romani variety with strong Hungarian and Slavic influence. Spoken across Central Europe.
- Sinte ManoucheSinti · Manush · SintéA northwestern Romanes variety spoken by Sinti and Manouche communities across Germany, France, the Benelux, and northern Italy. Shaped by long contact with Germanic and Romance languages.
- ZargariZargari Romani · Zargari Romanes · Zargar RomaniA highly endangered Romani variety spoken in and around the village of Zargar in Qazvin province of north-western Iran, west of Tehran. The community is traditionally said to have been settled in the Safavid period and is one of the easternmost Romani-speaking populations on record; the dialect retains a Romani lexical core but shows heavy contact influence from Persian and Azerbaijani Turkish in phonology, vocabulary, and grammar. Speaker numbers are small and intergenerational transmission has weakened sharply.