(documentation TavringerRomaniLanguage EnglishLanguage "The TavringerRomaniLanguage is a SwedishGroupLanguage of Sweden. SIL code: RMU. ISO 639-2: gem. Population: 25,000 in Sweden (1998 Hallman). Population total both countries 31,000. Region: Scattered all over Sweden. Alternate names: ROMMANI, SVENSK ROMMANI, TRAVELLER SWEDISH, 'TATTARE'. Comments: Not intelligible with Angloromani. Speakers are fluent in Swedish or Norwegian. Used mainly as a secret language by the speakers (D. Kenrick 1985), a Gypsy group in Sweden. An independent language based on Swedish with heavy lexical borrowing from Northern Romani. Romani people arrived in Sweden via Denmark in 1512. Investigation needed: intelligibility with Traveller Norwegian, Traveller Danish, bilingual proficiency in Swedish. Also spoken in: Norway. (Language name: TAVRINGER ROMANI.) Population: 6,000 in Norway (1998 Hallman). Alternate names: ROMMANI, SVENSK ROMMANI, TRAVELLER SWEDISH, 'TATTARE'. Comments: Not intelligible with Angloromani. Speakers are fluent in Swedish or Norwegian. Used mainly as a secret language by the speakers (D. Kenrick 1985). An independent language based on Swedish with heavy lexical borrowing from Northern Romani. Romani people arrived in Sweden via Denmark in 1512. A Gypsy group.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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