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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 February 2025. There is 1 pending revision awaiting review. Indo-Aryan ethnic group For other uses, see Romani (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Romanians or Roman people. Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see Gypsy (disambiguation). Ethnic group Romani people Romani flag created in ...
The migration of the Romani people through the Middle East and Northern Africa to Europe. The key shows the century of arrival in that area, e.g., S.XII is the 12th century. Romani people first arrived in Europe via the Balkans sometime between the 9th and 14th centuries from north India, through Iran, Armenia, and Anatolia. [33] [34] [35]
In the English language (according to the Oxford English Dictionary), Rom is a noun (with the plural Roma or Roms) and an adjective, while Romani is also a noun (with the plural Romanies) and an adjective. Both Rom and Romani have been in use in English since the 19th century as an alternative for Gypsy. Romani is also spelled Romany, or ...
The names of the longest rivers in Romania— those longer than 500 kilometers [note 7] —are thought to be of Dacian origin. [566] About twenty of their tributaries had names with probable Indo-European roots, also suggesting a Dacian etymology. [note 8] [567] The Romans adopted the native names of the longest rivers after they conquered Dacia.
Romani people, or Roma, an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin Romani language, an Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani communities; Romanichal, Romani subgroup in the United Kingdom; Romanians (Romanian: români), Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation
Romani culture encompasses the regional cultures of the Romani people, an Indo-Aryan ethnic group originating in northwest India. [1] These cultures have developed through complex histories of interaction with their surrounding populations. [2] [3] Romani people constitute the largest ethnic minority in Europe. [4]
The Romani flag, known as O styago le romengo in the Romani language, serves as the international emblem for the Romani community. It was designed by the General Union of the Roma of Romania in 1933 and received official recognition at the inaugural World Romani Congress, which took place in London, United Kingdom, in 1971.
Early Romani, [1] sometimes referred to as Late Proto-Romani, [2] is the latest common predecessor of all varieties of the Romani language. It was spoken before the Roma people dispersed throughout Europe. It is not directly attested, but rather reconstructed on the basis of shared features of existing Romani varieties.