Laiuse Romani

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Laiuse Romani was a Romani variety spoken in northern Estonia. It was a mixed language based on Romani and Estonian.[1]

Laiuse Romani shares a number of linguistic features with Finnish Romani,[2] such as palatalization of velar consonants before front vowels[3] and initial devoicing.[4]

Laiuse Romani became extinct in World War II, when all its speakers were killed under the Nazis' anti-Roma racial policy, now called the Porajmos.[1][2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Smith, p. 365.
  2. ^ a b Matras, p. 10.
  3. ^ Matras, p. 49.
  4. ^ Matras, p. 54.

[edit] References

  • Matras, Yaron (2002). Romani: A Linguistic Introduction. Cambridge University Press. 
  • Smith, Norval (1994). "An annotated list of creoles, pidgins, and mixed languages", in Jacque Arends, Pieter Muysken & Norval Smith: Pidgins and Creoles. John Benjamins. 
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