Central Romani dialects

Central Romani is group of dialects of the Romani language spoken from southern Poland to Hungary and from eastern Austria to Ukraine.

Dialects

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

• Northern branch:
  • Western sub-branch:
    • Bohemian Romani
    • Moravian Romani
    • West Slovak Romani (CL: Slovak)
  • Eastern sub-branch:
    • Central Slovak Romani
    • East Slovak Romani (CL: Slovak)
    • Southwestern Ukrainian Romani
    • South Polish Romani
• Southern branch:
  • Romungro Romani in Slovakia (CL: Slovak) and Hungary (CL: Hungarian)
  • Vend Romani
    • Burgenland Romani in the Austrian Burgenland
    • Hungarian Vend-Romani
    • Roman Romani in Austria (CL: German)

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