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"Can you rokra Romany? Can you play the bosh? Can you jal adrey the staripen? Can you chin the cost?" "Can you speak the Roman tongue? Can you play the fiddle? Can you eat the prison-loaf? Can you cut and whittle?"
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The Author of the present work wishes to state that
the Vocabulary, which forms part of it, has existed in manuscript
for many years. It is one of several vocabularies of various
dialects of the Gypsy tongue, made by him in different
countries. The most considerable - that of the dialect of the
Zincali or Rumijelies (Romany Chals) of Spain - was published in
the year 1841. Amongst those which remain unpublished is one
of the Transylvanian Gypsy, made principally at Kolozsvár in
the year 1844.
December 1, 1873. |
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