Speakers of the Romani language usually refer to the language as rromani ćhib "the Romani language" or rromanes (adverb) "in a Rom way". This derives from the Romani word rrom, … See more

In the 18th century, it was shown by comparative studies that Romani belongs to the Indo-European language family. In 1763 Vályi István, a See more

Today's dialects of Romani are differentiated by the vocabulary accumulated since their departure from Anatolia, … See more

The language is recognized as a minority language in many countries. At present the only places in the world where Romani is employed as an … See more

Historically, Romani was an exclusively unwritten language; for example, Slovak Romani's orthography was codified only in 1971.
The overwhelming … See more

The first attestation of Romani is from 1542 AD in western Europe. The earlier history of the Romani language is completely undocumented, and is understood primarily through comparative linguistic evidence.
Linguistic … See more

Romani is the only Indo-Aryan language spoken almost exclusively in Europe.
The most concentrated areas of Romani speakers are found in the Balkans and central Europe, particularly in Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Slovakia. Although there are … See more