Romani, Sinte

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A language of Serbia

ISO 639-3
rmo
Alternate Names
Sinte, Sinti
Population

31,000 in Serbia. 30,000 Serbian, 1,000 Manouche. Population total all countries: 324,090.

Location

Belgrade City; southern Serbia, Jablanica, Nis, Pcinja, and Pirot districts; scattered in Kosovo.

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern
Dialects

Abbruzzesi, Serbian Romani, Slovenian-Croatian Romani. Mutual intelligibility between Croatian Romani, Slovenian Romani, and Serbian Romani. Possibly quite distinct from German [deu] varieties. Sinte is characterized by German influence. Not intelligible of Vlax Romani [rmy]. A member of macrolanguage Romany [rom].

Language Development
Grammar. NT: 2010.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Romani, Sinte
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Ethnic autonym: Sasítka Romá. Christian.

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