ROMANI DIALECTS INTERACTIVE
Dialect sampler
Name of dialect:
ROMUNGRO
Classification:
Southern Central
Country:
Slovakia
Major contact language:
Slovak, Hungarian
Location:
Klenovec
Literature:
Elšík, Viktor, Hübschmannová, Milena, and Šebková, Hana. 1999. The Southern Central (ahi-imperfect) Romani dialects of Slovakia and northern Hungary. In: Halwachs, Dieter W., and Menz, Florian. eds. 1999. Die Sprache der Roma: Perspektiven der Romani-Forschung in Österreich im interdisziplinären und internationalen Kontext. Klagenfurt: Drava. 277-390.
Samples:
day
egg
bread
other
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 dive
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 kukōvo
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 māro
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 āver
day egg bread other
I was at home
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 stjom-ahi khēre
am.1SG-REM at.home
I came home
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 ā-l-jom khēre
come-PAST-1SG at.home
This is a small boy
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 adā hi tikn-o čhāvo
this.M is small-M boy
I was playing with my brother
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 khel-āhi man mīr-e phral-eha
play-1SG.REM me.OBL my-OBL brother-INSTR
Do you want to play with those four Gypsy girls?
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 kam-es tu odo-le čhaj-ōr-enca te khel-en?
want-2SG you these-OBL girl-DIMIN-PL.INSTR COMP play-INF
No one uses this anymore
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 adā mā njiko na hasnālj-in-el
this.M more nobody NEG use-LOAN-3SG