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. Zargari takes its name from the Persian word for "goldsmith" ( zargar).
Vocabulary
Eighteen= Oxdu
for me= Miri
for you= Diri
Fish= mačo
God=del
horse=grast
Fox= Jӕqqӕlis
hand= vast
Water= pani
Night= Rati
See also
Domari language
Romani language
References
External links
Hassan Rezai Baghbidi. The Zargari Language: An Endangered European Romani in Iran Marushiakova, Elena and Vesselin Popov. 2010. Migrations West to East in the Times of the Ottoman Empire: The Example of a Gypsy/Roma Group in Modern Iran. Anthropology of the Middle East 5 (1): p. 93–99.