Classification
Vlax Romani is classified in two groups: Vlax I, or Northern Vlax (including Kalderash and Lovari), and Vlax II, or Southern Vlax. Vlax Romani tends to be mutually intelligible with some dialects belonging to other dialect subgroups, mostly of Balkan Romani and Carpathian Romani. In the following table, CL stands for main contact language.
- Northern (also called Vlax I):
- Čekeši Romani in Russia (CL: Russian, Romanian (Moldovan)
- Kalderash Romani in Romania (CL: Romanian), spoken by the Kalderash
- Lovari Romani in the Czech Republic (CL: Czech), Hungary (CL: Hungarian), spoken by the Lovari
- Mačvaja Romani
- Northern Ukrainian in Ukraine (CL: Ukrainian)
- Southern (also called Vlax II):
- Agia Varvara Romani in Greece (CL: Greek)
- Prekmurje Romani in Prekmurje, northern Slovenia (CL: Slovenian)
- Gurbet Romani Serbia (CL: Serbian)
- Gurbet-Rabešte in Serbia & Montenegro (CL: Serbian)
- Kalburdžu Romani in Bulgaria (CL: Bulgarian, Turkish)
- Moldavian Romani in Moldova (CL: Moldovan, Russian)
- Prizren Romani in Serbia (CL: Serbian, Albanian)
- Rakarengo Romani in Moldova (CL: Moldovan)
- Thracian Kalajdži Romani (Vlaxurja) in Bulgaria (CL: Bulgarian)
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