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Romani

Indo-Aryan Languages

Romani is an Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani people, a stateless people spread across many countries. Its largest dialects are Balkan Romani, Vlax Romani and Sinte Romani.

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ISO 639-3 Code
rom 1
Speaker Count
4,600,000 1
2015 estimate.
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Latin Script, Scripts

Romani, where written, most commonly uses the Latin alphabet.

Sources
1. Wikipedia: Romani Language
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    Romani is an Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani people. The largest Romani dialects are Balkan Romani, Vlax Romani (500,000), and Sinte Romani (300,000). Some Romani communities speak mixed languages based on the surrounding language with retained Romani-derived vocabulary, which are known by linguists as Para-Romani varieties rather than dialects of the Romani language itself.
  • Infobox, ISO 639-3
    rom
  • Infobox, Speakers
    4.6 million (2015)
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