Laiuse Romani

Laiuse Romani was a Romani variety spoken in northern Estonia. It was a mixed language based on Romani and Estonian.Smith, p. 365.]

Laiuse Romani shares a number of linguistic features with Finnish Romani,Matras, p. 10.] such as palatalization of velar consonants before front vowels [Matras, p. 49.] and initial devoicing. [Matras, p. 54.]

Laiuse Romani became extinct in World War II, when all its speakers were killed under the Nazis' anti-Roma racial policy, now called the Porajmos.

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*cite book |author=Matras, Yaron |year=2002 |title=Romani: A Linguistic Introduction |publisher=Cambridge University Press
*cite book |author=Smith, Norval |year=1994 |chapter=An annotated list of creoles, pidgins, and mixed languages |title=Pidgins and Creoles |editor=Jacque Arends, Pieter Muysken & Norval Smith |publisher=John Benjamins