Baltic Romani
Not to be confused with Baltic languages.
| Baltic Romani | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Estonia, Finland |
Native speakers | 30,000 in Poland (no date);[1] 20,000 in other countries (1995–2001)[2] |
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Indo-European
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Either: rml – Baltic Romani rmf – Finnish Kalo |
| Glottolog |
balt1257 (Baltic Romani)[3]kalo1256 (Finnish Kalo)[4] |
Baltic Romani is group of dialects of the Romani language spoken in the Baltic states and adjoining regions of Poland and Russia. Half of the speakers live in Poland.
Dialects
Dialects are as follows ('CL' stands for the main contact language):
- Čuxny Romani in Estonia (CL: Estonian, Russian)
- Finnish Romani (Fíntika Rómma; Finnish: Kalo) (CL: Finnish)
- Latvian Romani (Lotfika) in Latvia and Russia
- Lithuanian Romani in Lithuania and Baltic Russia
- North Russian Romani (Xaladitka) in Baltic Russia, spoken by the Ruska Roma
- Polska Romani in Poland (CL: Polish)
References
- ↑ Baltic Romani at Ethnologue (11th ed., 1988).
- ↑ Baltic Romani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Finnish Kalo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Baltic Romani". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Finnish Kalo". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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