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Learn by topic with everyday vocabulary across greetings, family, food, and daily life — grounded in Romanes cultural context.
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App Features Dialect Overview Academic Partnership
Learn Romanes with warmth, culture, and dialect depth
A calm claymorphic learning experience across Lovari, Kalderash, Gurbeti, Arli, and beyond — rooted in community, vocabulary, and cultural pride.
- Lovari
- Kalderash
- Gurbeti
- Arli
- Sinte Manouche
- Polish-Baltic
- Slovak
Learn Romanes through structure, play, and dialect awareness
The Romanes App brings together vocabulary learning, guided progress, grammar support, word origins, games, and dialect comparison across Lovari, Kalderash, Gurbeti, Arli, and more.
Learning Path
A clear, guided journey through Romanes so study feels steady and motivating rather than scattered.
Grammar Tips
Understand sentence patterns, cases, and verb forms through simple, supportive guidance that respects dialect variety.
Word Origins
Trace Romanes roots through Indo-Aryan history, centuries of migration, and contact with dozens of European languages.
Quizzes
Short quiz exercises that build recall, confidence, and regular practice — with gentle, forgiving feedback.
Games
Memory-style and challenge-based games that make repetition playful and rewarding.
Flashcards
Focused flashcard sessions designed for retention — perfect for a few minutes each day.
Dialect Comparison
Compare Lovari, Kalderash, Gurbeti, Arli, and more side by side — see how Romanes varies across communities and regions.
Many voices, one shared Romanes heritage
Romanes stretches across Europe — shaped by centuries of migration, contact, and community. Explore the app's major dialect groups side by side.
Lovari — Central & Eastern EuropeKalderash — Romania, Serbia, diasporaGurbeti — BalkansArli — North Macedonia, Serbia, KosovoSinte Manouche — Germany, France, Benelux, N. ItalyPolish-Baltic — Poland, Baltic statesSlovak — Slovakia
Lovari
A widely spoken Vlax Romanes variety carried by Lovari communities across Central and Eastern Europe, known for its rich oral tradition.
Kalderash
A Vlax Romanes variety historically associated with Kalderash communities, with strong roots in Romania, Serbia, and the global diaspora.
Gurbeti
A Vlax Romanes variety spoken by Gurbeti communities across the Balkans, with its own vocabulary and cultural expression.
Arli
A Balkan Romanes variety with a large speaker base in North Macedonia, Serbia, and Kosovo — one of the best-documented Balkan Romanes groups.
Sinte Manouche
A northwestern Romanes variety spoken by Sinti and Manouche communities across Germany, France, the Benelux, and northern Italy — shaped by long contact with Germanic and Romance languages.
Polish-Baltic
A northern Romanes variety historically rooted in Poland and the Baltic region, shaped by long contact with Slavic and Baltic languages.
Slovak
A Central European Romanes variety spoken by Romanes communities in Slovakia, with strong contact-influenced vocabulary.
Built on decades of Romani linguistic scholarship
The Romanes App is developed in collaboration with the Romani Language Database (RLD), Romani Morphosyntax Database (RMS), and Database of Romani Dialects (DRD) — research corpora created by Prof. Yaron Matras and hosted at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Linguistic data source
Romani Language Database / Romani Morphosyntax Database / Database of Romani Dialects (RLD/RMS/DRD)
Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH), Austrian Academy of Sciences
Scientific advisor
Prof. Yaron Matras
Creator of the RLD/RMS/DRD corpus
Project lead
Dr Ioana Aminian Jazi
Project ‘Documenting Zargari — A missing link in understanding Romani’
Credited in the app's Sources screen for as long as RLD/RMS/DRD data is used.
Corpus-backed content
Lexical entries, grammar paradigms, example sentences, and audio — all with dialect attribution — flow from the source corpus into the app.
Scholarly oversight
Linguistic adaptations stay faithful to the original research; pedagogical choices are made without misrepresenting dialect data.
Lasting attribution
The RLD/RMS/DRD project is credited in the app and cited in any public communication, following the partner's citation guidelines.