Vlax Romani language

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Vlax Romani
Spoken in: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Albania, Colombia, Hungary and 21 other states worldwide
Total speakers: 1.5 million
Language family: Indo-European
 Indo-Iranian
  Indo-Aryan
   Central Zone
    Romani
     Vlax Romani 
Official status
Official language of: Officially-recognised minority language in Romania
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: rom
ISO/FDIS 639-3: rmy

Vlax Romani is an Indo-Aryan dialect/language spoken mainly in Southeastern Europe by Roma people. It is considered either a independent language or a dialect of the Romani language, as it is mutually intelligible with many other Romani dialects (mostly Balkanic, Carpathic). Vlax Romani is the most widely-spoken dialect of the Romani language.

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Vlax Romani is written using the Romani alphabet, which is based on the Latin alphabet with several additional characters. In the area of former Soviet Union it is written also with the Cyrillic alphabet.

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