Balkan Romani
Balkan Romani is an Indo-European language spoken in Russia, Iran, Türkiye, and Germany, by about 563.7 thousand people.
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Balkan Roma, Balkaniko Romanes, or Balkan Gypsy is a specific non-Vlax dialect of the Romani language, spoken by groups within the Balkans. The Balkan Romani language is typically an oral language.
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Written down
Savorre manuśa biandõn meste thaj barabar k-o demnipen aj k-e hakaja. Si len godi aj somzanipen thaj si len te trąden pen jekh karing o aver and-o vogi e phralimnasqoro.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Balkan Romani
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| father | dad | |
| person | jeno* | |
| name | alav* | |
| eye | yak* | |
| ear | kan* | |
| nose | nak* | |
| tooth | dand* | |
| tongue | Chib* | |
| hand | vas* | |
| blood | rat* | |
| bone | kokalo* | |
| skin | koZa* | |
| knee | koC* | |
| breast | brek* | |
| liver | buko* | |
| water | pani | |
| fire | yag* | |
| sun | kham* | |
| star | Ceren* | |
| stone | bar* | |
| mountain | brego* | |
| tree | kaS* | |
| leaf | patrin* | |
| night | rat* | |
| dog | rikono* | |
| fish | maCo* | |
| louse | juv* | |
| one | yek* | |
| two | duy* | |
| I | me* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Vlax RomaniIndo-European70% alike
- Central RomaniIndo-European65% alike
- Sinte-Manus RomaniIndo-European64% alike
- Baltic RomaniIndo-European63% alike
- Kalo Finnish RomaniIndo-European59% alike
- Welsh RomaniIndo-European58% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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