Yeniche

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A language of Germany

ISO 639-3
yec
Alternate Names
German Travellers, Jenisch, Yenishe
Population

16,000 in Germany (2006).

Location

Also in Austria, France, Netherlands, Switzerland.

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Mixed language, German-Yiddish-Romani-Rotwelsch
Dialects

German with a heavy cryptolectal lexical influsion from Traveller Danish [rmd], Western Yiddish [yih], Vlax Romani [rmy], and Hebrew [heb].

Language Use

The L1 of some (1977 The Carrier Pidgin).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Yeniche
Other Comments

A mixed language of certain urban nomadic groups. Not Gypsies. Possibly arose as a result of those who were dispossessed due to the Hanseatic laws (1999 I. Hancock). A distinct ethnic group.