Romano-Greek

Romano-Greek (also referred to as Hellenoromani; Greek: Ελληνο-ρομανική, romanized: Elleno-romaniké) is a nearly extinct mixed language (referred to as Para-Romani in Romani linguistics), spoken by the Romani people in Greece that arose from language contact between Romani speaking people and the Greek language. The language is suspected to be a secret language spoken in Thessaly and Central Greece Administrative Unit.^[4] Typologically the language is structured on Greek with heavy lexical borrowing from Romani.^[5] Dortika is a secret language spoken mainly in Athens by traveling builders from Eurytania Prefecture. In both cases, the languages are most likely not native to their speakers.^[6][7]

Romano-Greek
Native to	Greece
Native speakers	(none cited 2000)[1] 30 use it as a secret language (2000)[1]
Language family	mixed Romani–Greek[2]
Dialects	Dortika (in Eurytania) Kaliarda (in Athens)[3]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rge
Glottolog	roma1240
Romano-Greek is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (As of 2024)