Romani | |
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romani čhib | |
Native speakers
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4 million or perhaps considerably more (no reliable estimate) (2011) |
Official status | |
Recognised minority
language in |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | rom |
ISO 639-3 |
– inclusive codeIndividual codes: – Balkan Romani – Baltic Romani – Carpathian Romani – Finnish Kalo – Sinte Romani – Vlax Romani – Welsh-Romani |
Glottolog | roma1329 |
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Romani (/ˈrɒməni/, /ˈrɑːməni/, or /ˈroʊməni/; also Romany, Gypsy, or Gipsy; Romani: romani čhib) is any of several languages of the Romani people belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family. According to Ethnologue, seven varieties of Romani are divergent enough to be considered languages of their own. The largest of these are Vlax Romani (about 500,000 speakers),Balkan Romani (600,000), and Sinte Romani (300,000). Some Romani communities speak mixed languages based on the surrounding language with retained Romani-derived vocabulary – these are known by linguists as Para-Romani varieties, rather than dialects of the Romani language itself.