| (documentation AngloromaniLanguage EnglishLanguage "The AngloromaniLanguage is an EnglishGroupLanguage of the UnitedKingdom. SIL code: RME. ISO 639-2: gem. Population: 90,000 in Britain (1990 I. Hancock). Population total all countries: 170,000 to 270,000. Region: England, Wales, Scotland. Also spoken in Australia, South Africa, USA. Alternate names: ENGLISH ROMANI, ROMANI ENGLISH, ROMANICHAL, POGADI CHIB, POSH 'N' POSH. Comments: Angloromani not inherently intelligible with Welsh Romani, Traveller Swedish, Traveller Norwegian, or Traveller Danish. The grammar is basically English with heavy Romani lexical borrowing. Many dialects. It has been spoken in the United Kingdom for 500 years. 'The Romanichal population must be considered as being more actively determined to retain the ethnic language than some other British minorities.' (I. Hancock). Also spoken in: Australia. (Language name: ANGLOROMANI. Population: 5,000 in Australia. Alternate names: ROMANICHAL, ENGLISH ROMANI, POGADI CHIB. Comments: A variety of English with heavy Romani lexical borrowing. Also spoken in: USA. (Language name: ANGLOROMANI.) Population: 100,000 or fewer in North America. Alternate names: ENGLISH ROMANI, ROMANI ENGLISH, ROMANICHAL, ROMANIS. Comments: A variety of English with heavy Romani lexical borrowing. See main entry under United Kingdom.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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