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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Europe > Spain > Quinqui

Quinqui

A language of Spain

ISO 639-3quq

Population  No estimate available.
Region  On the edge of towns.
Classification  Unclassified
Language use  Blended language of urban ex-nomadic groups.
Comments  Contains elements of Caló [rmr] and Germania argot. Used to be tinsmiths—name comes from ‘quincalleria’ meaning ironmongery. Prefer to be called ‘mercheros’. Not Rom or Gypsies.