Zargari Romani

Zargari is a branch of the Balkan Romani dialects . It is used by around 160 families in the Iranian province of Qazvin in the village of Zargar ( Abyek district ). But it is also spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan .

The UCLA Language Materials Project describes Zargari as a "secret language of artists" based on Persian. The Linguistic Summer Institute sees Zargari as a dialect of goldsmiths. An oral tradition traces the name of the village back to its founders, three brothers who were goldsmiths (Persian زرگر, zargar). The classification according to ISO 639-3 is rmn-zar.

See also

• Domari
• Romani

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Farsi, Western ( January 24, 2012 memento on WebCite )
3. ^ Windfuhr, GL 1970. European Gypsy in Iran: A first report. Anthropological Linguistics 12: 289, cited in Baghbidi 125
4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from June 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Hassan Rezai Baghbidi. The Zargari Language: An Endangered European Romani in Iran ( Memento from May 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 171 kB)