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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]
Gypsy may refer to any of the several languages of the Gypsies: The various Romani languages of Europe; The Para-Romani languages descending from them; The Domari language of the Middle East; The Seb Seliyer language of Iran; The Lomavren language of Armenia
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'.
The majority of the Greek Roma yet are Hellenized and Orthodox Christians who speak the Romani language in addition to Greek, [11] or the Romano-Greek language, like the Finikas Romika. [12] There are several other Dialects spoken by the Roma In Greece, as the Agios Athanasios- Balkan Romani , [ 13 ] the Parakalamos-Romacilikanes, [ 14 ] or the ...
Many words of Nordic Romani origin have survived in the Scandinavian languages, both in common speech and slang. [12] Examples from Swedish: tjej, meaning 'girl' (originally slang, but now a more common alternative to the older flicka) puffra, meaning 'gun' (used to be common slang) hak, meaning 'place, joint, establishment' (used to be common ...
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]