The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: YEC
ISO 639-2: mis
| Population | No estimate available. |
| Region | Also spoken in Austria, France, Netherlands, Switzerland. |
| Alternate names | JENISCH, YENISHE, GERMAN TRAVELLERS |
| Classification | Mixed Language, German-Yiddish-Romani-Rotwelsch. |
| Comments | German with a heavy cryptolectal lexical influsion from Rotwelsch, Yiddish, Romani, and Hebrew. The first language of some (The Carrier Pidgin 1977). A blend language of certain urban nomadic groups. Not Gypsies. Possibly arose as a result of those who were dispossessed because of the Hanseatic laws (I. Hancock). They are a distinct ethnic group. |
