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calo language
The CaloLanguage is a CastilianLanguage of Spain. SIL code: RMR. ISO 639-2: roa. Population: 40,000 to 140,000 in Spain. Population total all countries: 65,000 to 170,000. Region: Also spoken in Brazil, France, Portugal. Alternate names: GITANO, IBERIAN ROMANI, HISPANOROMANI. Dialects: SPANISH CALO, PORTUGUESE CALAO (CALAO, LUSITANO-ROMANI), CATALONIAN CALO, BASQUE CALO, BRAZILIAN CALAO. Comments: A cryptological variety of Spanish (I. Hancock 1995). McLane found 300 to 400 words based on Romani, but no individual was acquainted with more than 100. The Iberian base for Calo is regional dialects, where the overlap is not distinct between Spanish and Portuguese. Bilingualism in Spanish. There is a movement to revive the defunct inflected Spanish Romani, and a book has been printed in it (I. Hancock 1990). Grammar. Christian. Bible portions 1837-1872. Also spoken in: Brazil. (Language name: CALO.) Population: 10,000 in Latin America. Alternate names: CALO, GITANO, IBERIAN ROMANI. Dialects: BRAZILIAN CALAO. Comments: Very different from other Romani. A cryptolectal variety of Portuguese. Bilingualism in Portuguese. Christian. Bible portions 1837-1872. Also spoken in: France. (Language name: CALO.) Population: 10,000 to 20,000 in France. Alternate names: GITANO, IBERIAN ROMANI. Dialects: BASQUE CALO, CATALONIAN CALO, SPANISH CALO. Comments: Related to Spanish. Bilingualism in Spanish, Portuguese. Christian. Bible portions 1837-1872. Also spoken in: Portugal. (Language name: CALO.) Population: 5,000 in Portugal. Alternate names: CALAO, GITANO, IBERIAN ROMANI. Dialects: SPANISH CALO, PORTUGUESE CALAO (CALAO, LUSITANO-ROMANI), CATALONIAN CALO, BASQUE CALO, BRAZILIAN CALAO. Comments: A Gypsy language very different from other Romani. Calao of Portugal is structured on Portuguese regional dialects where the overlap is not distinct between Spanish and Portuguese. Bilingualism in Portuguese. Christian. Bible portions 1837-1872.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instancescastilian languageOf the 10 WestIberianLanguages, five of these are classified as a CastilianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 content 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.
 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 gallo iberian languageOf the 32 WesternRomanceLanguages, 30 of these are classified as a GalloIberianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 ibero romance languageOf the 30 GalloIberianLanguages, 17 of these are classified as an IberoRomanceLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 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/)
 italic languageAn ItalicLanguage is any of 48 closely related IndoEuropeanLanguages spoken in Europe.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 italo western romance languageOf the 47 RomanceLanguages, 38 of these are classified as an ItaloWesternRomanceLanguage.(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.
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 romance languageOf the 48 ItalicLanguages, 47 of these are classified as a RomanceLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 west iberian languageOf the 17 IberoRomanceLanguages, 10 of these is classified as a WestIberianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 western romance languageOf the 38 ItaloWesternRomanceLanguages, 32 of these are classified as a WesternRomanceLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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