Vlax Romany language

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-recognised minority language in Hungary, Romania and Serbia
iso2=rom|iso3=rmy

Vlax Romany is an Indo-Aryan dialect/language spoken mainly in Southeastern Europe by Roma people. It is considered either an independent language or a dialect of the Romany 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 in Bosnia-Herzegovina (400,000) followed by Romania (241,617), Colombia (79,000) and Albania (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 former Soviet Union it is written also with the Cyrillic alphabet.

References

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=rmy Vlax Romany entry at Ethnologue]


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