Romany language

Romani
romani čhib
Native to	The Balkans, some of Eastern Europe and Romani diaspora
Native speakers	4 million or perhaps considerably more (no reliable estimate) (2011)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Urdu/Hindi? Romani–Domari? Romani
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Colombia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Italy Kosovo Macedonia Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Serbia Sweden Ukraine United Kingdom
Language codes
ISO 639-2
ISO 639-3	– inclusive code Individual codes: `rmn` – Balkan Romani `rml` – Baltic Romani `rmc` – Carpathian Romani `rmf` – Finnish Kalo `rmo` – Sinte Romani `rmy` – Vlax Romani `rmw` – Welsh Romani
Glottolog	`roma1329`
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Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Colombia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Kosovo
Macedonia
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Slovakia
Serbia
Sweden
Ukraine
United Kingdom

Romani (/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.

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