Domari

A language of Turkey

Location

Scattered in the region between Mersin and Sanliurfa provinces.

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Jordan

Language NameDomari

User Population

A few scattered and isolated speaker populations (Herin 2016). Ethnic population: 4,910 (2000).

Location

‘Amman governorate and Iraqi-Jordan border area (Al Mafraq governorate).

Alternate Names

Dom, Gypsy, Middle Eastern Romani, Nawar, Tsigene

Dialects

Nawar (Nawari), Kurbat (Ghorbati), Barake. Part of the southern Domari dialect area, along with Palestine. Intelligibility limited with speakers of the northern dialect (Herin 2016).

Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Language Use

All also use South Levantine Spoken Arabic [ajp] (Herin 2016).

Language Development

Printed or pre-recorded Romani language materials may not be understandable outside the country (or context of surrounding languages) in which they were produced.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. Arabic influence. Muslim.

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Lebanon

Language NameDomari

User Population

A few scattered and isolated speaker populations (Herin 2016).

Location

Beqaa valley.

Alternate Names

Dom, Qurbāti

Dialects

Part of the northern Domari dialect area, along with Syria and southern Turkey (Herin 2016).

Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Language Use

All also use North Levantine Spoken Arabic [apc] (Herin 2016).

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Palestine

Language NameDomari

User Population

1 in Palestine (Matras 2019). Ethnic population: 2,000 (1997 Y. Matras).

Location

Jerusalem governorate; refugee camps in the West Bank and Gaza.

Alternate Names

Dom, Nawari, Near-Eastern Gypsy

Dialects

Nawari. Part of the southern Domari dialect area, along with Jordan. Intelligibility limited with speakers of northern dialect (Herin 2016).

Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Language Use

Shifted to South Levantine Spoken Arabic [ajp].

Language Development

Printed or pre-recorded Romani language materials may not be understandable outside the country (or context of surrounding languages) in which they were produced.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. Many loanwords from Arabic [arb], Kurdish, and some other Iranian languages. Muslim.

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Syria

Language NameDomari

User Population

A few scattered and isolated speaker populations (Herin 2016). Ethnic population: 37,000 (2005).

Location

Ar Raqqah governorate: scattered nomadic groups; north, western rural areas.

Alternate Names

Barake, Dom, Gypsy, Kurbat, Middle Eastern Romani, Nawar, Qurbāti, Tsigene

Dialects

Nawar (Nawari), Kurbati (Ghorbati), Beirut, Nablos, Barake. Part of the northern Domari dialect area, along with Lebanon and southern Turkey. Limited intelligibility with speakers of the southern dialect (Herin 2016).

Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Language Use

All also use North Levantine Spoken Arabic [apc] (Herin 2016). Some also use Northern Kurdish [kmr] (Herin 2016).

Language Development

Printed or pre-recorded Romani language materials may not be understandable outside the country (or context of surrounding languages) in which they were produced.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. Arabic influence. Muslim.

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