Para-Romani

Para-Romani is a term used in Romani linguistics to refer non-Romani languages adopted by Romani communities but with considerable admixture from Romani (as with Yiddish or Ladino among Jews).[1] Some Para-Romani languages have no structural features of Romani at all, taking only the vocabulary from Romani. The technical term in linguistics for such a language is a mixed language. Reflecting the linguistic makeup of Europe, most are based on Indo-European languages, except for Laiuse Romani, which is based on Estonian, and Erromintxela, which is based on Basque.

Varieties

References

  1. Matras, Y. Romani: A Linguistic Introduction Cambridge University Press (2002) ISBN 0-521-63165-3
  2. Traveller Danish Languages of the World, University of Graz. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  3. Persian-Romani (Mixed Language)
  4. http://www.crimea.edu/crimea/etno/articles/plem/index.htm