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The Romani Morpho-Syntax (RMS) Database and Dialect Survey
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The Sample
With much of the data already transcribed but still waiting to be entered into the RMS database, in January 2005 the RMS project archive contains some 160 questionnaire-based recordings of Romani dialects from all over Europe, covering between 50-60 varieties and additional sub-varieties of Romani.
| DIALECT NAME | DIALECT GROUP | LOCATION | COUNTRY |
| Arli | Balkan | Skopje | MK |
| Arli (Gautnikane) | Balkan | Kumanovo | MK |
| Bergitka | Northern Central | Nowa Huta | PL |
| Bergitka | Northern Central | Nowy Targ | PL |
| Bergitka | Northern Central | Chorzow | PL |
| Bergitka | Northern Central | Katowice | PL |
| Bergitka | Northern Central | Krakow | PL |
| Bugurdzhi | Balkan | Zhitnica [Varna region] | BG |
| Cerhari | Other | Cluj | RO |
| Chuxny | Northeast | Kohila | EST |
| Chuxny (Latvian Romani) | Northeast | Riga | LV |
| Cocomanya | Balkan | Tserovo | BG |
| Cocomanya | South Vlax | Vidin | BG |
| Czech Vlax | North Vlax | Hana u Rakovnik | SK |
| Drandari | Balkan - zis type | Shumen | BG |
| East Slovak | Northern Central | Zborov | SK |
| East Slovak | Northern Central | Dlha nad Cirochou [Snina] | SK |
| East Slovak | Northern Central | Krasnohorske Podhradie | SK |
| East Slovak | Northern Central | Svedlar | SK |
| East Slovak | Northern Central | Levoca | SK |
| East Slovak | Northern Central | Vechec [Vranov nad Toplou] | SK |
| East Slovak | Northern Central | Bystrany | SK |
| East Slovak | Northern Central | Krompachy | SK |
| East Slovak | Northern Central | Gbely/Holic | SK |
| East Slovak | Northern Central | Jelshava | SK |
| East Slovak | Northern Central | Pribylina | SK |
| East Slovak | Northern Central | Chary | SK |
| East Slovak | Northern Central | Rim. Pila | SK |
| East Slovak | Northern Central | Vyshne Zbojne | SK |
| East Slovak | Northern Central | Balog | SK |
| East Slovak | Northern Central | Zavadka | SK |
| East Slovak | Northern Central | Kremnica | SK |
| East Slovak | Northern Central | Shumiac | SK |
| East Slovak | Northern Central | Mur. Dlha Luka | SK |
| East Slovak | Northern Central | Kr. Podhradie | SK |
| East Slovak | Northern Central | Telgart | SK |
| East Slovak | Northern Central | Holumnica [North east Slovakia] | SK |
| Erli | Balkan | Sofia | BG |
| Erli | Balkan | Stara Zagora | BG |
| Erli | Balkan | Skopje | MK |
| Finnish Romani (East) | Northwest | Tuusula | FIN |
| Finnish Romani (East) | Northwest | Lahti | FIN |
| Finnish Romani (East) | Northwest | Vantaa | FIN |
| Finnish Romani (East) | Northwest | Pitkalahti [Kuopio] | FIN |
| Finnish Romani (East) | Northwest | Kuopio | FIN |
| Finnish Romani (East) | Northwest | Uppsala | FIN |
| Finnish Romani (East) | Northwest | Helsinki | FIN |
| Finnish Romani (West) | Northwest | Stockholm | FIN |
| Gabor | Other | Cluj | RO |
| Gadzhikano/Drinda ri | Balkan - zis type | Gradinarevo[Varna region] | BG |
| Gorjkovska Roma (North Russian) | Northeast | Nizhniy Novgorod | RUS |
| Gurbet | South Vlax | Skopje | MK |
| Gurbet | South Vlax | Beograd | YU |
| Gurbet/Rabeshte | South Vlax | Aleksandrovo [Vojvodina] | YU |
| Gurbetsky | South Vlax | Surchin | YU |
| Gurbetsky | South Vlax | Deronje [Bachka] | YU |
| Gurbetsky | South Vlax | Novi Sad | YU |
| Kalajdzhi | Balkan - zis type | Montana | BG |
| Kalajdzhi | Balkan - zis type | Vidin | BG |
| Kalajdzhi (Vlax) | South Vlax | Dolni Chiflik [Varna region] | BG |
| Kalajdzhi (Vlax) | South Vlax | Pchelnik (Nova Shipka) [Varna region] | BG |
| Kalajdzhija MaloKonare | Balkan - zis type | Velingrad | BG |
| Kalamata | Balkan | Kalamata | GR |
| Kalburdzhu | South Vlax | Sindel | BG |
| Kaldarash | South Vlax | Pitesti | RO |
| Karditsa | Balkan | Sofades (Karditsa) | GR |
| Kaspichan (Shumen) | Balkan - zis type | Shumen | BG |
| Kovacki | Balkan - zis type | Kumanovo | MK |
| Kovacki | Balkan - zis type | Skopje | MK |
| Lajesha / Kishinevcy | South Vlax | Kishinev | MD |
| Lithuanian Romani | Northeast | Panevezh | LT |
| Lithuanian Romani | Northeast | Troshkunai | LT |
| Lithuanian Romani | Northeast | Shauliai / Sovetsk (near Kenigsberg) | LT |
| Loftitka (Latvian Romani) | Northeast | Riga | LV |
| Lom Vlax | South Vlax | Lom | BG |
| Lotfitka (Latvian Romani) | Northeast | Jelgava | LV |
| Lotfitka (Latvian Romani) | Northeast | Ventspils | LV |
| Lovari Chokeshi | North Vlax | Moscow | RUS |
| Musicians' dialect | Balkan - zis type | Sliven | BG |
| Nange Roma (Goli Tzigani) | Balkan - zis type | Sliven | BG |
| North Russian | Northeast | Riga | RUS |
| North Russian | Northeast | Ekaterinburg | RUS |
| North Russian | Northeast | Pskov | RUS |
| Polish Xaladytka | Northeast | Elk, Suvarske, Mazury | PL |
| Polish Xaladytka | Northeast | Mazury | PL |
| Polska Kalderash | North Vlax | Warsaw | PL |
| Polska Roma | Northeast | Pabianice (Lodz) | PL |
| Polska Roma | Northeast | Vilnius | LT |
| Polska Roma | Northeast | Peskovice | PL |
| Polska Roma | Northeast | Lublin | PL |
| Polska Roma | Northeast | Ostrowenka | PL |
| Prekmurski | Southern Central | Gornji Slaveci, near Murska Sobota | SLO |
| Rakarengo | South Vlax | Moldova -> Basarabi [Constanta] | RO |
| Reshitare | Balkan | Velingrad | BG |
| Romacilikanes | Balkan | Epiros, Parakalamos | GR |
| Romungro | Southern Central | Nograd | HU |
| Russian Roma | Northeast | Gorky (Yaroslavl) | RUS |
| Russian Roma | Northeast | Nizhniy Novgorod [Moscow]RUS | |
| Sasytka | Northwest | Krakow | PL |
| Spoitori | Balkan - zis type | Pitesti | RO |
| Ursari | Balkan | Maglavit, Dolj | RO |
| Valchi Dol | Balkan | Valchi Dol [Dobrich region]BG | |
| Vlax | North Vlax | Rozhkovany | SK |
| Xaladytka | Northeast | Belarus | RUS |
| Xoraxane | Balkan - zis type | Shumen | BG |
| Yerli | Balkan | Velingrad | BG |