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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Europe > Poland > Romani, Baltic

Romani, Baltic

A language of Poland

ISO 639-3rml

Population  30,000 in Poland. Population total all countries: 58,460.
Region  Central and south Baltic region. Also in Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russian Federation (Europe), Ukraine.
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
A member of macrolanguage Romany [rom] (Romania).
Language development  NT: 2001.
Writing system  Cyrillic script.
Comments  Ethnic groups: Pólska Foldítka, Romá. Christian.

Also spoken in:

Latvia

Language name   Romani, Baltic
Population  8,000 in Latvia (1995 V. Zeps).
Dialects  Latvian Romani (Lettish Romani), North Russian Romani, White Russian Romani, Estonian Romani, Polish Romani.
Comments  Ethnic groups: Rúska Romá (northern Russian SFSR), Lotfítka Romá (western Latvia, Estonia), Lajenge Romá (eastern Estonia). Christian.
 

Lithuania

Language name   Romani, Baltic
Dialects  Lithuanian Romani.
 

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BOERGER, Brenda H., author. 1984. Proto-Romanes phonology.