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As time elapsed, the notion of "the gipsy/gypsy" altered to include other associated stereotypes such as nomadism and exoticism. [27] John Matthews in The World Atlas of Divination refer to gypsies as "Wise Women". [28] Colloquially, gipsy/gypsy is used refer to any person perceived by the speaker as fitting the gypsy stereotypes. [29]
Romani syntax is quite different from most Indo-Aryan languages, and shows more similarity to the Balkan languages. [ 69 ] Šebková and Žlnayová, while describing Slovak Romani, argues that Romani is a free word order language [ 24 ] and that it allows for theme-rheme structure , similarly to Czech, and that in some Romani dialects in East ...
In the English language, Romani people have long been known by the exonym Gypsies or Gipsies, [88] which many Roma consider to be an ethnic slur. [89] [90] [91] The attendees of the first World Romani Congress in 1971 unanimously voted to reject the use of all exonyms for the Roma, including "Gypsy". [92]
Sinte Romani is a dialect of Romani and belongs to the Northwestern Romani dialect group, Sinti is the self-designation of a large Romani population that began leaving the Balkans early on in the dispersion of the Romani language group, from the end of the 14th century on, and migrated to German-speaking territory.
Speakers use many terms for their language. They generally refer to their language as Čingari čhib or řomani čhib translated as 'the Romani language', or rromanes, 'in a Rom way'. The English term, Romani, has been used by scholars since the 19th century, where previously they had used the term 'Gypsy language'. [18]
In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Gypsy may refer to any of the several languages of the Gypsies: The various Romani languages of ...
The Romanichal (UK: / ˈ r ɒ m ə n ɪ tʃ æ l / US: /-n i-/; more commonly known as English Gypsies) are a Romani subgroup within the United Kingdom and other parts of the English-speaking world. Many Romanichal speak Angloromani , a mixed language that blends Romani vocabulary with English syntax.
The Ruska Roma (Руска Рома), also known as Russian Gypsies (Русские цыгане) or Khaladitka/Xaladytka Roma (Халадытка Рома; lit. ' Roma Soldiers ' ), [ 1 ] are the largest subgroup of Romani people in Russia and Belarus , [ 2 ] with smaller remnants of the group living in Ukraine , Latvia , Poland , the United ...