Scandoromani language

Scandoromani is a Para-Romani dialect spoken by the Romanisæl, a subgroup of the Romani people in Norway (c. 100–150 elderly Scandoromani speakers),^[1] and Sweden.

Scandoromani
Native to	Norway, Sweden, Denmark
Native speakers	c. 100–150 (2014)[1] Speakers mostly elderly. More people speak Swedish with some Roma vocabulary.[1]
Language family	Para-Romani, mixed Romani–Scandinavian
Official status
Official language in	recognised minority language in  Norway (1993)  Sweden (1999)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: rmg – Traveller Norwegian rmu – Tavringer Romani (Sweden) rmd – Traveller Danish
Glottolog	trav1236  Norwegian tavr1235  Swedish trav1237  Danish
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Subforms are referred to as:

• The Norwegian Romani language or Traveller Norwegian (tavringens rakripa, lit. 'Traveller's language'),^[2][3] Norwegian: romani or norsk romani (Norwegian Romani), in Norway (the Romani language of the Norwegian Roma is referred to as romanes in Norwegian);
• The Swedish Romani language or Tavringer Romani,^[4] Traveller Swedish or Tattare,^[5] Swedish: svensk romani (Swedish Romani), in Sweden;
• Traveller Danish †^[6] in Denmark.

Like Angloromani in Britain and Caló in Spain, Scandoromani draws upon a vocabulary of inflected Romani. Much of the original Romani grammar, however, has been lost to the users, and they now communicate in Swedish or Norwegian grammar.

There is no standardised form of Scandoromani, so variations exist in vocabulary, pronunciation, and usage, depending on the speaker. In print, Scandoromani words are often written with Swedish (S) or Norwegian (N) letters (ä, æ, ø, å) and letter combinations to represent Romani sounds, e.g., tj- (/ɕ/) or kj- (/ç/ alt. /tʃ/) to represent the Romani č /tʃ/ and čh /tʃʰ/. Some examples of Scandoromani variant spellings are: tjuro^[7] (S) / kjuro^[2] (N) 'knife'; gräj^[7] (S) / grei^[2] (N) 'horse'.

See also

• Finnish Kalo language
• Para-Romani