Database of Romani Dialects

Source Details
Sample Details
Sample Transcriptions
Sample's Phrases
Adjective Derivation
- Prefixes
- Suffixes
Adjective Inflection
- Positive
  - Agreement
  - Inflectional Irregularities
  - Inflection
- Comparative
- Superlative
Adpositions
- Inherited Underived Prepositions
- Inherited Ablative Prepositions
- Borrowed Prepositions
- Other
Adverbial Clauses
- Time
- Causal relations
- Conditional
- Other
Adverbs
- Local
  - Local
  - Denominal
- Temporal
- Deadjectival
Article Inflection
Case representation
- Semantic Role
  - Possession
  - Subject
  - Predicate
  - Object
  - Other
- Local Relations
  - (Non-)Incorporative
  - Dimensional
  - Other
- Temporal Relations
  - Simultaneous
  - Sequential
  - Distance & Extent
Complementation
- Epistemic
- Manipulation
- Modality
- Purpose Clauses
Copula Inflection
- Indicative
  - Present Tense
  - Past Tense
  - Negative Forms
- Non Indicative forms & 'become'
Deixis & Anaphora
- Demonstratives
  - Pronouns
  - Inflection
- Pronouns
  - Personal
  - Possessives
  - Clitics
  - Reflexives
- Location deixis
- Deixis &Comparative deixis
Embeddings & Relative Clauses
- Embeddings
- Relative Clauses
Indefinites
- Word Forms
- Functions and Sets
- Markers
- Etymology
  - Determiner
  - Person
  - Thing
  - Location
  - Time
  - Manner
Interrogatives and Relatives
- Forms
- Other
Lexico-Phonetic Features
- Lexico-Phonetics
  - Lexico-final s
  - Initial modifications
    - Prothetic j-
    - Prothetic v-
    - Initial vowel
  - Palatalizations
    - Dental + j
    - Dental + i
    - Velar + i
    - Velar + j
  - Individual items
- Sound change
  - Plain stops
    - Plain stops p
    - Plain stops t
    - Plain stops k
  - Vowels
    - Central: high
    - Central: schwa(+stress)
    - Vowel length
  - Sibilants
    - Sibilants š
    - Sibilants z
    - Sibilants s
  - Vibrants and fricatives
    - Vibrants and fricatives x
    - Vibrants and fricatives h
    - Lexico-Vibrants and fricatives ř
  - Affricates
    - Lexico-Affricates č
    - Lexico-Affricates dz
    - Lexico-Affricates dž
  - Aspirates
    - Aspirate _C
    - Lexico-Aspirates čh
    - Lexico-Aspirates kh
    - Lexico-Aspirates th
    - Lexico-Aspirates ph
  - Lexico-Cluster nr
- Word-final modifications
  - De-aspiration
  - De-voicing
  - Cluster simplification
  - Fortition v > b
Lexicon
- Adjectives
- Animals
- Body parts
- Food
- Human beings
- Misc. nouns
- Nature
- Other
- Verbs
Modality
- Modality markers
- verbs and expressions
Negation
Noun Derivation
- Agentive
- Diminutives
- Feminine Formation
- Fruit trees
- Genitive derivation
- Loan markers
- Nominalisations
Noun Inflection
- General
- Inflection Markers
  - Layer 1 Markers
  - Small classes
  - Layer 2 Markers
- Contractions
- Jotations
- Number Neutralisation
Numerals
- Numeral Forms
  - Cardinals
  - Multiplicatives
  - Ordinals
- Inflection
Phonology
- Word Stress
- Vowels
- Consonants: Sound Change
  - vibrants
  - Sibilants
  - Aspirates
  - Palatalization
  - Word-final phenomena
- Sound System
- Morphophonology
Utterance modifiers
- Connectors
- Fillers
- Focus particles
- Negators
- Phrasal adverbs
- Reversal and repetition
- Time adverbs
- Yes/No particles
Verb Adaptation
Verb Derivation
- Lexicon
  - Base verbs
  - Denominal base verbs
  - Verbs with inherent -AV-
  - Verbs with inherent -UV-
  - Verbs with inherent -AR-
  - Verbs with inherent -OV-
  - Verbs with inherent -KER-
  - -D- compounds
- Markers
  - Aktionsart
  - Mediopassive
  - Overview
  - Transitive
Verb Inflection
- Person
  - Active
  - Mediopassive
  - Modifications
  - Special Case
- Perfective
  - General
  - Inflection Classes
- Tense & Mood
  - Tense
  - Tense &Mood
- Non-finite forms
  - Non-Infinitive & Gerund
  - Non-Pariciples & Extensions
Word Order
- Noun Phrase, relative to noun
- Position of Verb
- Position of Subject
  - Formalisation of Subject Position
  - Pragmatic Variation
- Position of Object
  - General / Fronting
  - Left-dislocation
  - Multiple Objects
  - Topicalisation
- Object Doubling

A partnership of:

Data Center for the Humanities – University of Cologne

Austrian Academy of Sciences – Commission Vanishing Languages and Cultural Heritage (VLACH)

Romani Studies Section, Department of Central European Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague

treffpunkt sprachen – Centre for Language, Plurilingualism and Didactics, University of Graz

Based on a concept by: Yaron Matras & Viktor Elšík (Romani Morpho-Syntax (RMS) Database, University of Manchester, 2001-2016)

Technical development: Jakob Wiedner