- Scandoromani
language
familycolor=Creole
name=Scandromani
nativename="Rommani; Romani rakripa"
states=Sweden ,Norway
speakers=31,000
fam1=Mixed language
fam2=Scandinavian-Romani
nation=recognised minority language in
NOR (1993)
SWE (1999)
iso3=rmuScandoromani (or ScandoromanyFact|date=July 2008; _sv. rommani, _ro. romani rakripa), also known as Tavringer Romani, [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=rmu] is a form of the
Romani language . It is currently spoken by theNorwegian and Swedish Travellers , a Roma minority community, inSweden (ca. 25,000 speakers) andNorway (ca. 6,000 speakers).In Sweden, Scandoromani is referred to as "resande rommani" (Traveller Romani) or "svensk rommani" (Swedish Romani), while in Norway the same language is known as "norsk romani" (Norwegian Romani).
Like
Angloromani in Britain andCaló (Spanish Romani) in Spain, Scandoromani draws upon a (now extinct) vocabulary of inflected Romani. The original Romani grammar, however, has been lost to the users, and they now communicate in Swedish or Norwegian grammar. Scandoromani must not be confused with theRodi language .There is no standarised form of Scandoromani, so variations exist in vocabulary, pronunciation, and usage, depending on the speaker. In print, Scanodromani words are often written with Swedish (S) or Norwegian (N) letters ("ä", "æ", "ø", "å") and letter combinations (e.g., "tj-" or "kj-" for the "ch" sound in English) to represent Romany sounds: "tjuro" (S) / "kjuro" (N) 'knife'; "gräjj" (S) / "grei" (N) 'horse'.
Source
Hancock, Ian (1992) "The Social and Linguistic Development of Scandoromani", Jahr, Ernst Håkon (ed.), "Language Contact: Theoretical and Empirical Studies", Berlin; New York: Mouton de Gruyter, ISBN 3110128020, pp. 37–52
See also
*
Kalo Finnish Romani language External links
* [http://www.lor.no/lor/spraak.htm Scandoromani-Norwegian word list] no icon
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