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Scottish Romani are the Romani people of Scotland. This includes Romanichal (locally also known as Border Gypsies) and Lowland Romani (Lowland Gypsies). [1]Scottish Travellers are non-Romani groups indigenous to Scotland who live or traditionally lived a nomadic lifestyle, including Scottish Highland Travellers, Scottish Lowland Travellers and Showmen (Funfair Travellers).
Scottish Travellers include the indigenous Scottish Highland Travellers and Scottish Lowland Travellers. In the past, Scottish Travellers were known as "tinkers", but in recent years that name has become pejorative. [11] The Scottish Gypsy Traveller Association exists as an advocacy group for Roma, Gypsies and Travellers and in Scotland. [39]
Romanichal Travellers in England (As well as North East Wales, South Wales and the Scottish Borders), with diaspora communities in the United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Welsh Kale Travellers in the Welsh-speaking parts of Northwestern Wales. Scottish Lowland Travellers in Lowland Scotland.
Romani people have been recorded in the United Kingdom since at least the early 16th century. There are estimated to be around 225,000 Romani people residing in the UK. This includes the Romanichal, Kale (Welsh Roma), Scottish Lowland Roma and a sizeable population of Roma from Central and Eastern Europe, who immigrated into the UK in the late 1990s/early 2000s and after EU expansion in 2004.
It is used mainly in the United Kingdom and in Ireland to refer to people who belong to groups which had a traditional travelling lifestyle. [3] [4] Groups referred to with this term include Irish Travellers, English Gypsies, Welsh Kale, Scottish Lowland Travellers, Scottish Highland Travellers, and Funfair Travellers. These groups consider the ...
Romanichal residing in England, Scotland, and Wales are part of the Gypsy (Romani), Roma, and Traveller community. [2] Genetic, cultural and linguistic findings indicate that the Romani people can trace their origins to Northern India. [3] [4] [5]
The Lowlands (Scots: Lallans or Lawlands, pronounced [ˈlɑːlən(d)z, ˈlo̜ːl-]; [1] Scottish Gaelic: a' Ghalldachd, lit. 'place of the foreigners', pronounced [ə ˈɣauɫ̪t̪əxk] ) is a cultural and historical region of Scotland .
Scottish Lowland Romani are found in the Scottish Lowlands. They speak Scottish Cant. Romani have been recorded in the UK since at least the early 16th century. Records of Romani people in Scotland date to the early 16th century. Many Romanichal emigrated to the British colonies and to the United States during the centuries.