| ISO 639-2: | rom |
| English: | Romany |
| French: | tsigane |
The code rom is classified in ISO 639 as an individual language code. In practice, however, it appears to be a collection of related languages that comprise all the members of a single genetic subgroup.
It is mapped to the following subgroup in the Ethnologue's genetic classification system:
The code thus encompasses the following 7 languages from the Ethnologue:
| ROMANI, BALKAN | [RMN] Yugoslavia. 120,000 in Yugoslavia and Macedonia including 100,000 Arlija, 20,000 Dzambazi. Population total all countries 1,000,000 (1980 UBS). Dialects: ARLIJA, DZAMBAZI, TINNERS ROMANI. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Balkan. More information. |
| ROMANI, BALTIC | [ROM] Poland. 30,000 in Poland. Reported to be 81,000 Rom in Poland (1993 Johnstone). Population total all countries 100,000. Dialects: LATVIAN ROMANI (LETTISH ROMANI), NORTH RUSSIAN ROMANI, WHITE RUSSIAN ROMANI, ESTONIAN ROMANI, POLISH ROMANI. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern. More information. |
| ROMANI, CARPATHIAN | [RMC] Czech Republic. 220,000 in Czech Republic and Slovakia (1980 UBS). Population total all countries 241,000 or more. Alternate names: BASHALDO, ROMUNGRO, HUNGARIAN-SLOVAK ROMANI. Dialects: MORAVIAN ROMANI, EAST SLOVAKIAN ROMANI, WEST SLOVAKIAN ROMANI. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern. More information. |
| ROMANI, KALO FINNISH | [RMF] Finland. 4,000 to 6,000 speak the language out of 8,000 Gypsies in Finland (1980). Population total both countries 5,000 to 8,000. Alternate names: FÍNTIKA RÓMMA, GYPSY. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern. More information. |
| ROMANI, SINTE | [RMO] Yugoslavia. 31,000 in Yugoslavia including 30,000 Serbian, 1,000 Manouche. Population total all countries 200,000 (1980 UBS). Alternate names: ROMMANES, SINTE, SINTI. Dialects: ABBRUZZESI, SLOVENIAN-CROATIAN ROMANI, SERBIAN ROMANI. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern. More information. |
| ROMANI, VLAX | [RMY] Romania. 200,000 to 250,000 in Romania. Population total all countries 1,500,000 (1986). 6,000,000 to 11,000,000 all Gypsies in the world (1987 Ian Hancock). Alternate names: GYPSY, TSIGENE, ROMANESE, VLAX ROMANY, DANUBIAN. Dialects: SEDENTARY ROMANIA, KALDERASH (KELDERASHÍCKO, COPPERSMITH), UKRAINE-MOLDAVIA, EASTERN, CHURARI (CHURARÍCKO, SIEVEMAKERS), LOVARI (LOVARÍCKO), MACHVANO (MACHVANMCKO), NORTH ALBANIAN, SOUTH ALBANIAN, SERBO-BOSNIAN, ZAGUNDZI, SEDENTARY BULGARIA, GHAGAR, GREKURJA (GRECO). Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Vlax. More information. |
| ROMANI, WELSH | [RMW] United Kingdom. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern. More information. |
