Romani language
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Romani (/ˈrɒməni, ˈroʊ-/ ROM-ə-nee, ROH-;[12][13][14][15] also Romany, Romanes /ˈrɒmənɪs/ ROM-ən-iss,[16] Roma; Romani: rromani ćhib) is an Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani communities.[17] 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),[18] Balkan Romani (600,000),[19] and Sinte Romani (300,000).[20] 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.[21]
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rromani ćhib | |
Ethnicity | Romani |
Native speakers | 4.6 million (2015)[1][2] |
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ISO 639-2 | rom |
ISO 639-3 | rom – inclusive codeIndividual codes: rmn – Balkan Romanirml – Baltic Romanirmc – Carpathian Romanirmf – Finnish Kalormo – Sinte Romanirmy – Vlax Romanirmw – Welsh Romani |
Glottolog | roma1329 |
Romani is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010) | |
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The differences between the various varieties can be as large as, for example, the differences between the Slavic languages.[22]