User:Inayasingh/Carpathian Romani
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Carpathian Romani, an array of dialects spoken within Eastern Europe, has many names, including Romungro Romani, Bashaldo, Central Romani, and Karpacki Romani. Traditionally, Carpathian Romani is the language spoken by most Romanian people within Central-Eastern Europe, the most highly concentrated within countries such as Slovakia, Ukraine, Poland, and Hungary. Carpathian Romani, like all other Romani dialects, shares distinct features with Indian languages, such as Sanskrit and Hindi. It has borrowed lexical elements from both Indic and as well as Baltic languages that have been incorporated within the language, and has been heavily influenced by Slavic languages such as Ukrainian. A major reason for the endangerment of this particular language can be traced back to the persecution of the Romani people throughout history, and most significantly during the Holocaust. There are approximately 472,470 people who continue to speak Carpathian Romani today, with the highest percentage in Slovakia [1].
Carpathian Romani | |
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Central Romani | |
Native to | Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Ukraine, Slovenia |
Native speakers | 150,000 in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Ukraine (2001 & 2011 censuses)[2] |
Indo-European
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ISO 639-3 | rmc |
Glottolog | carp1235 |