Rodi language

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Rodi, also known by the ambiguous term Traveller Norwegian, is a language spoken by the Fantar or Småvandriar people of Norway. It is an offshoot of Norwegian with significant influence of Sinti, Rotwelsch and, especially in recent decades, Scandinavian Romani. It is intelligible to speakers of the latter, which is also sometimes called Traveller Norwegian, Traveller Swedish.

[edit] References and external links

• Ethnologue.com page for Traveller Norwegian
• The Our Father in Traveller Norwegian

[edit] Bibliography

• Baardsen, Gjest: Vandrings- eller skøiersprog; med tillegg av F. L. Hartman og N. Olsen. (Ord og sed; 132) Oslo : Noregs boklag Helge Refsum, 1948
• Baardsen, Gjest: «Samling af de mest forrekommende Ord i det saakaldte Vandrings eller Skøiersprog» from Digitalarkivet
• Iversen, Ragnvald: The Rodi (Rotwelsch) in Norway. (Secret languages in Norway; 2) Oslo : I kommisjon hos Dybwad, 1945 [1]