Balkan Romani - Dialects

Dialects

The Balkan dialects are split into two main groups, a northern group and a southern group (CL stands for main contact language):

• Northern (also called zis dialects):
  • Bugurdži Romani in Macedonia and the Kosovo
  • Drindari Romani
  • Kalajdži Romani in Bulgaria (CL: Bulgarian)
  • Kovački Romani in Macedonia (CL: Macedonian)
  • Xoraxane Romani in Bulgaria (CL: Bulgarian, Turkish), spoken by the Xoraxane
• Southern
  • Arli Romani in southern Serbia & Montenegro (CL: Serbian), Macedonia (CL: Macedonian) and northern Greece (CL: Greek)
  • Cocomanya Romani in Bulgaria (CL: Bulgarian)
  • Crimean Romani in the Russia (CL: Russian, Сrimean Tatar)
  • Džambazi Romani in Macedonia
  • Erli Romani (Yerli) in Bulgaria (CL: Bulgarian)
  • Gurvari Romani in Hungary
  • Romacilikanes in Greece (CL: Greek)
  • Rumelian Romani in the Rumelia region between Greece and Turkey (CL: Greek, Turkish)
  • Sepeči Romani in Greece (CL: Turkish)
  • Sepečides Romani in Volos (Greece) and Izmir (Turkey)
  • Sofades Romani in Greece (CL: Greek), spoken by the Sofades Romani
  • Ursari Romani in Romania (CL: Romanian), spoken by the Ursari
• Iranian/Afghani/Pakistani
  • Zargari Romani