Editing Romani language (section)

==== Types ====
General Romani is an unusual language, in having two classes of nominals, based on the historic origin of the word, that have a completely different morphology. The two classes can be called ''inherited'' and ''borrowed'',<ref name="mluvnice"/> but this article uses names from Matras (2006),{{sfn|Matras|2006}} ''ikeoclitic'' and ''xenoclitic''. The class to which a word belongs is obvious from its ending.

===== Ikeoclitic =====
The first class is the old, Indian vocabulary (and to some extent [[Persian language|Persian]], Armenian and Greek loanwords).<ref name="mluvnice"/> The ikeoclitic class can also be divided into two sub-classes, based on the ending.{{sfn|Matras|2006}}

====== Nominals ending in o/i ======
The ending of words in this sub-class is -o with masculines, -i with feminines, with the latter ending triggering palatalisation of preceding ''d, t, n, l'' to ''ď, ť, ň, ľ''.<ref name="mluvnice"/>

Examples:<ref name="mluvnice"/>
*masculine
**'''{{lang|rom|o čhavo}}''' - the son
**'''{{lang|rom|o cikno}}''' - the little
**'''{{lang|rom|o amaro}}''' - our (m.)
*feminine
**'''{{lang|rom|e rakľi}}''' - non-romani girl
**'''{{lang|rom|e cikňi}}''' - small (note the change n > ň)
**'''{{lang|rom|e amari}}''' - ours (f.)

====== Nominals without ending ======
All words in this sub-class have no endings, regardless of gender.

Examples:{{sfn|Hübschmannová|1974}}
*masculine
**'''{{lang|rom|o phral}}''' - the brother
**'''{{lang|rom|o šukar}}''' - the nice (m.)
**'''{{lang|rom|o dad}}''' - the father
*feminine
**'''{{lang|rom|e phen}}''' - the sister
**'''{{lang|rom|e šukar}}''' - the nice (f.) - same as m.
**'''{{lang|rom|e daj}}''' - the mother

===== Xenoclitic =====
The second class is loanwords from [[European languages]].<ref name="mluvnice"/>{{sfn|Hübschmannová|1974}}{{sfn|Matras|2002|p=73}} (Matras adds that the morphology of the new loanwords might be borrowed from Greek.)

The ending of borrowed masculine is -os, -is, -as, -us, and the borrowed feminine ends in -a.

Examples from Slovak Romani:<ref name="mluvnice"/>{{sfn|Hübschmannová|1974}}
*masculine
**'''{{lang|rom|o šustros}}''' - shoemaker
**'''{{lang|rom|o autobusis}}''' - bus
**'''{{lang|rom|o učiteľis}}''' - teacher (m.)
*feminine
**'''{{lang|rom|e rokľa/maijka}}''' - shirt
**'''{{lang|rom|e oblaka/vokna }}''' - window
**'''{{lang|rom|e učiteľka}}''' - teacher (f.)