Yeniche
A language of Germany
| Population | 16,000 in Germany (2006). |
| Region | Also in Austria, France, Netherlands, Switzerland. |
| Alternate names | German Travellers, Jenisch, Yenishe |
| Dialects | German with a heavy cryptolectal lexical influsion from Traveller Danish [rmd], Western Yiddish [yih], Vlax Romani [rmy], and Hebrew [heb]. |
| Classification | Mixed language, German-Yiddish-Romani-Rotwelsch |
| Language use | The L1 of some (The Carrier Pidgin 1977). |
| Comments | 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 (1999 I. Hancock). A distinct ethnic group. |
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