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tavringer romani language
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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Instancescontent bearing physicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 danish swedish languageOf the eight EastScandinavianLanguages, all eight are classified as a DanishSwedishLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 east scandinavian languageOf the 14 NorthGermanicLanguages, eight are classified as a EastScandinavianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 germanic languageA GermanicLanguage is any of 58 closely related IndoEuropeanLanguages spoken in the UnitedKingdom and northern and central Europe.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 indo european languageThere are 433 languages categorized as an IndoEuropeanLanguage, forming a major family of the world's languages and including many of the most familiar languages of Europe and South Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 languageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 language familyA LanguageFamily is group of SpokenHumanLanguages related through descent from a common ancestral language. (reference from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_family)
 linguistic expressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 natural languageThe subclass of HumanLanguages which are not designed and which evolve from generation to generation. This Class includes all of the national languages, e.g. English, Spanish, Japanese, etc. Note that this class includes dialects of natural languages.
 north germanic languageOf the 58 GermanicLanguages, 14 are classified as a NorthGermanicLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 swedish group languageOf the eight DanishSwedishLanguages, four are classified as a SwedishGroupLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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