Romani language

Romani (/ˈrɒməni, ˈroʊ-/ ROM-ə-nee, ROH-; also Romany, Romanes /ˈrɒmənɪs/ ROM-ən-iss, Roma; Romani: rromani ćhib) is an Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani communities. According to Ethnologue, seven varieties of Romani are divergent enough to be considered languages of their own. The largest of these are Vlax Romani (about 500,000 speakers), Balkan Romani (600,000), and Sinte Romani (300,000). Some Romani communities speak mixed languages based on the surrounding language with retained Romani-derived vocabulary – these are known by linguists as Para-Romani varieties, rather than dialects of the Romani language itself.

"Romanes" redirects here. For people with the surname and other occurrences, see Romanes (surname).
Not to be confused with the Romanian, Roman, Romang or Romansh languages.
For other uses, see Romani.
Romani
  • Romany
  • Romanes
  • Roma
rromani ćhib
EthnicityRomani
Native speakers
4.6 million (2015)
Indo-European
Dialects
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-2rom
ISO 639-3rom – inclusive code
Individual codes:
rmn – Balkan Romani
rml – Baltic Romani
rmc – Carpathian Romani
rmf – Finnish Kalo
rmo – Sinte Romani
rmy – Vlax Romani
rmw – Welsh Romani
Glottologroma1329
Romani is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)
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The differences between the various varieties can be as large as, for example, the differences between the Slavic languages.

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