- Vlax Romany language
language
familycolor=Indo-European
name=Vlax Romany
nativename=
states=Bosnia and Herzegovina ,Romania ,Albania ,Colombia ,Hungary and 21 other states worldwide
speakers=1.5 million
fam2=Indo-Iranian
fam3=Indo-Aryan
fam4=Central Zone
fam5=Romany
nation=Officially-recognisedminority language inHungary ,Romania andSerbia
iso2=rom|iso3=rmyVlax Romany is an Indo-Aryan dialect/language spoken mainly in
Southeastern Europe byRoma people . It is considered either an independent language or a dialect of theRomany language , as it is mutually intelligible with many other Romany dialects (mostly Balkanic, Carpathic). Vlax Romany is the most widely-spoken dialect of the Romany language. Most Vlax Romany speakers live inBosnia-Herzegovina (400,000) followed byRomania (241,617),Colombia (79,000) andAlbania (60,000). [ [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=rmy Ethnologue report] ]Writing systems
Vlax Romany is written using the
Romany alphabet , which is based on the Latin alphabet with several additional characters. In the area of formerSoviet Union it is written also with theCyrillic alphabet .References
External links
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=rmy Vlax Romany entry at Ethnologue]
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