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Finnish Kalo (Kalo Finnish Romani: kaalengo tšimb) is a language of the Romani language family (a subgroup of Indo-European) spoken by Finnish Kale. The language is related to but not mutually intelligible with Scandoromani or Angloromani. Finnish Kalo has 6,000–10,000 speakers and many young people do not know the language.
- 10,000 in Finland (2001 census), 1,700 in Sweden (2009)
Finnish Kalo is a Northwestern Romani language spoken mainly in Finland, and also in Sweden. There are about 13,000 Romani people in Finland. Half of them can understand Finnish Kalo, and about 30% of them, or 3,900, can speak it fluently. The majority of fluent speakers are over 50 years old.
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Summarize this article for a 10 year old. Finnish Kalo ( Kalo Finnish Romani: kaalengo tšimb) is a language of the Romani language family (a subgroup of Indo-European) spoken by Finnish Kale. The language is related to but not mutually intelligible with Scandoromani or Angloromani.
The Finnish Kale (Romani: Kàlo; Swedish: Kalé; Finnish: Kaale, also Suomen romanit - "Finnish Romani", or Mustalainen - literally "Gypsy", often considered offensive) are a group of the Romani people who live primarily in Finland and Sweden. Their main languages are Finnish, Swedish and Finnish Romani.
- 13,000
- 4,500
The Romani language in Finland is called Finnish Kalo. It has been spoken in Finland for roughly 450 years. It has been significantly influenced by other languages in Finland, such as Finnish. Of the around 13,000 Finnish Romani, only 30% speak and understand the language well.
Finnish Kalo (kaalengo tšimb) is a language of the Romani language family (a subgroup of Indo-European) spoken by Finnish Kale. The language is related to but not mutually intelligible with Scandoromani or Angloromani.
Finnish Kalo is a language of the Romani language family (a subgroup of Indo European) spoken by Finnish Kale. The language is not inherently intelligible with Scandoromani or Angloromani. The speakers of the language originally came from Scotland. Entry terms. Finnish Kalo language. Romani, Kalo Finnish. ISO 639-3 code. rmf. In other languages.
