Zargari Romani

Zargari (or Romāno) is a dialect of Balkan Romani, spoken in Zargar region (Abyek district) of the Qazvin Province of in Iran by the ethnic Zargari people. The language can be found in surrounding regions as well. It is one of the only Indo-Aryan languages still spoken in Iran, and is considered endangered.[2] Zargari takes its name from the Persian word for "goldsmith" (زرگر zargar).

Zargari
Native toIran
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologzarg1238[1]

Vocabulary


Eighteen= Oxdu

for me= Miri

for you= Diri

Fish= maču

God=del

horse=grast

Fox= Jӕqqӕlis

hand= vast

Water= pani

Night= Radi [3]

See also

References
  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Zargari". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. Baghbidi, Hassan Rezai (2003). "The Zargari Language: An Endangered European Romani in Iran". Romani Studies. 13 (2): 123–148. doi:10.3828/rs.2003.5.
  3. Proceedings of the First National Conference on Iranian Studies (Volume II)


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