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Sinti people in Rhine Province, Germany, 1935.. The Sinti (also Sinta or Sinte; masc. sing. Sinto; fem. sing. Sintesa) are a subgroup of Romani people.They are found mostly in Germany, France and Italy and Central Europe, numbering some 200,000 people.
Sinte Romani (also known as Sintitikes, Manuš) is the variety of Romani spoken by the Sinti people in Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, some parts of Northern Italy and other adjacent regions.
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]
Ayo – A sinti and yoruba singer. Azis – Bulgarian singer; Biréli Lagrène (born 1966) – French jazz guitarist, violinist and bassist; Boban Marković – Serbian brass bandleader and trumpet player; Bódi Guszti – Hungarian musician; Calle Jularbo – Swedish accordionist; Camarón de la Isla (1950–1992) – Spanish flamenco singer
Romani people in Germany are estimated at around 170,000 [1] –300,000, [1] constituting around 0.2–0.4% of the German population. One-third of Germany's Romani belong to the Sinti group. [ 2 ] Most speak German or Sinte Romani .
The origins of the indigenous itinerant groups are not always clear. The largest of these groups are the Romani people (also Roma or Rom), who have Indian roots and heritage; they left India around 1,500 years ago, entering Europe around 1,000 years ago. They include the Sinti people, who are themselves the
Sinti or Zinti, predominantly in Germany, [144] [149] [166] and northern Italy; Sinti do not refer to themselves as Roma, although their language is called Romanes. [ 144 ] Zargari people , Shia Muslim Roma in Iran, who once came from Rumelia/Southern Bulgaria from the Maritsa Valley in Ottoman times and settled in Persia.
There are also numerous subgroups and clans with their own self-designations, such as the Sinti, Kalderash, Boyash, Manouche, Lovari, Lăutari, Machvaya, Romanichal, Romanisael, Calé, Kale, Kaale, Xoraxai, Xaladytka, Romungro, Ursari and Sevlengere. Roma is the primary term used in political contexts to refer to the Romani people as a whole.