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Name:
Romani, Vlax
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Vlax Romani; Romany; Romenes; Rom; Gypsy; Tsigene; Romanese; Vlax Romany; Danubian; Albanian; Zigeuner; Albanesisch; European Romany; Vlax; Kalderash; Zigenare
Spoken in:
Moldova, Mexico, Ukraine, USA, Chile, Spain, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Poland, Portugal, Germany, Norway, Romania, United Kingdom, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Hungary, Netherlands, Russia, Bulgaria, Albania, Slovakia, Italy, Greece, Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro
Number of speakers:
242,000 in Romania (2002 census). 6,000,000 to 11,000,000 Gypsies in the world (1987 Ian Hancock). Population total all countries: 885,970
(Ethnologue)
Code:
rmy
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup:
Vlax; Vlax Romani (vlax)
Child Dialects:
Central Vlax Romani (rmy-cen)
South Albanian (rmy-sou)
Lovari; Romani (Lovari); Lovarícko (rmy-lov)
Ukraine-Moldavia (rmy-ukr)
Machvano; Machvanmcko (rmy-mac)
Ghagar (rmy-gha)
Serbo-Bosnian; Machwaya; Machvano (rmy-ser)
Sedentary Romania (rmy-sed)
Grekurja; Greco (rmy-gre)
Churari; Churarícko; Sievemakers (rmy-chu)
Southern Vlax Romani; Southern Vlax (rmy-sov)
Kalderash; Romani (Kalderash); Kaldarári; Kelderashícko; Coppersmith (rmy-kal)
Eastern; Eastern Vlax (rmy-eas)
Sedentary Bulgaria (rmy-bul)
Ukrainian Vlax Romani (rmy-ukv)
North Albanian (rmy-nor)
Southern Vlax; Southern Vlax Romani (rmy-sol)
Zagundzi (rmy-zag)
Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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