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Caló
A language of Spain
ISO 639-3: rmr
This ISO 639-3 code has been retired after the publication of Ethnologue, 16th edition. For more information, see the code change history documentation.
| Population |
40,000 in Spain. Population total all countries: 70,000. |
| Region |
Also in Brazil, France, Portugal. |
| Alternate names |
Gitano, Hispanoromani, Iberian Romani |
| Dialects |
Spanish Caló, Portuguese Calão (Calão, Lusitano-Romani), Catalonian Caló, Basque Caló, Brazilian Calão. Gypsy language very different from other Romani. A cryptological variety of Spanish (I. Hancock 1995). McLane found 300 to 400 words based on Romani, but no individual acquainted with more than 100. Regional dialects are Iberian base of Caló, where boundary between Spanish and Portuguese not distinct. |
| Classification |
Mixed language, Iberian-Romani |
| Language use |
Also use Spanish. |
| Language development |
Grammar. Bible portions: 1837–1872. |
| Comments |
Movement to revive defunct inflected Spanish Romani; book printed in it (I. Hancock 1990). Christian. |
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