Romani language
language of the Romani people belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Romani or Romany (native name: romani ćhib) is the language of the Roma. The Indo-Aryan Romani language should not be confused with either Romanian (spoken by Romanians), or Romansh (spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland), both of which are Romance languages.
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Romani | |
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romani čhib | |
Native speakers | c. 1.5 million (SIL Ethnologue) (2015)[1] |
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ISO 639-2 | rom |
ISO 639-3 | rom – inclusive codeIndividual codes: rmn – Balkan Romanirmn – Rumelian Romanirml – Baltic Romanirmc – Carpathian Romanirmf – Finnish Kalormo – Sinte Romanirmy – Vlax Romanirmw – Welsh-Romani |
Glottolog | roma1329 |
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The language developed outside from India, in Roman province Egypt, by Indian traders from different areas of India, who settled at the red sea coast in Egypt. It is based by Sanskrit and Prakrit, but strongly influenced by Ancient Greek, and Persian language, Old Church Slavonic, some words from the Coptic language, like rōmi man.Loanwords from other languages in Romani make it possible to trace the pattern of their migration westwards. There are many different dialects.[8]