Languages

Romani

Indo-Aryan Languages

Citation Formats

General Reference

Language Atlas. "Romani." Accessed September 1, 2026. https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/romani.

APA Style

Language Atlas. (n.d.). Romani. Retrieved September 1, 2026, from https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/romani

BibTeX

@misc{languageatlas-romani,
  author = {Language Atlas},
  title = {Romani},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/romani},
  note = {Accessed September 1, 2026}
}

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.

Facts

ISO 639-3 Code

rom 1

Speaker Count

4,600,000 1

2015 estimate.

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.

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1. Wikipedia: Romani Language

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