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History of the Romani language

Origins Names Development phases Proto-Romani Other characteristic features of Proto-Romani Early Romani Present-day Romani dialects Recommended reading

Dialect Classification

Dialect Classification Geographical spread Grouping dialects Recommended reading

History of Romani Linguistics

A brief history Recommended reading

The status of Romani

Numbers and distribution Uniformity Para-Romani Dialect diversity Official recognition Codification Readings and downloads

The structure of Romani

Introduction Lexicon Sound System Nominals Verbs Other Categories Syntax

Dialect Classification

Recommended reading

• Matras, Yaron. 2002. Romani: A linguistic introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (chapters 2 and 9).
• Matras, Yaron. 2005. The classification of Romani dialects: A geographical-historical perspective. In: Ambrosch, Gerd, Schrammel, Barbara & Halwachs, Dieter W. eds. General and applied Romani linguistics. Munich: Lincom. 7-26. [download pdf]
• Bakker, Peter, and Matras, Yaron. 1997. Introduction. In: Matras, Yaron, Bakker, Peter, and Kyuchukov, Hristo. eds. The typology and dialectology of Romani. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. vii-xxx.
• Ambrosch, Gerd, Schrammel, Barbara & Halwachs, Dieter W., eds. 2005. General and applied Romani linguistics. Munich: Lincom.
• Boretzky, Norbert. 1999a. Die Gliederung der Zentralen Dialekte und die Beziehungen zwischen Südlichen Zentralen Dialekten (Romungro) und Südbalkanischen Romani-Dialekten. In: Halwachs, Dieter W., and Menz, Florian. Eds. Die Sprache der Roma: Perspektiven der Romani-Forschung in Österreich im interdisziplinären und internationalen Kontext. Klagenfurt: Drava. 210-276.
• Boretzky, Norbert. 1999b. Die Verwandtschaftsbeziehungen zwischen den Südbalkanischen Romani-Dialekten. Mit einem Kartenanhang. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
• Boretzky, Norbert. 2000b. South Balkan II as a Romani dialect branch: Bugurdži, Drindari, and Kalajdži. Romani Studies, fifth series, 10: 105-183.
• Boretzky, Norbert. 2003. Die Vlach-Dialekte des Romani. Strukturen – Sprachgeschichte – Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse – Dialektkarten. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
• Boretzky, Norbert & Igla, Birgit. 2005. Kommentierter Dialektatlas des Romani. 2 Vols. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
• Kaufman, Terrence. 1979. Review of Weer Rajendra Rishi, Multilingual Romani Dictionary. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 19: 131-144.

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