Search results
Scandoromani is a North Germanic based Para-Romani language. It is spoken by the Scandinavian Romanisæl Travellers, a Romani minority community, in Norway (c. 100–150 elderly speakers), [1] and formerly in Sweden. Subforms are referred to as: Traveller Norwegian ( tavringens rakripa, lit. 'Traveller's language'), [2] [3] Norwegian: romani or ...
- c. 100–150 (2014), Speakers mostly elderly. More people speak Swedish with some Roma vocabulary.
Language. The Travellers in Sweden and Norway speak a form of Para-Romani referred to as Scandoromani. Many words of the Nordic Romani origin have survived in the Scandinavian languages, both in common speech and slang. Examples from Swedish: tjej, meaning 'girl' (originally slang, but now a more common alternative to the older flicka)
People also ask
What language is Scandoromani?
How has Scandoromani influenced Swedish language?
How do you write a Scandoromani word?
At the beginning the 21st century, the central themes of research shifted to phonetics, phonology and morphosyntax in accordance with the interests and training of linguists. Still, very few papers have been published on language sociology and sociolinguistics. Active language planning of Finnish Romani and st...
Gilbert Ambrazaitis. Scandoromani: Remnants of a Mixed Language is the first, comprehensive, international description of the language of the Swedish and Norwegian Romano, also labeled resande/reisende. The language, an official minority language in Sweden and Norway, has a history in Scandinavia going back to the early 16th century.
- Gerd Carling
- January 30, 2014
Jan 30, 2014 · Scandoromani: Remnants of a Mixed Language is the first, comprehensive, international description of the language of the Swedish and Norwegian Romano, also labeled resande/reisende. The language, an official minority language in Sweden and Norway, has a history in Scandinavia going back to the early 16th century.
Oct 5, 2021 · ants, or whether it actually reflects their idealised image of a Scandoromani language. Nonetheless, the comparison with other sources on Scandinavian Para-Romani allows at least some degree of contextualisation. Carling opens Chapter 1 (pp. 1–23) with the claim that the Nordic countries have populations known as “Travellers or Roma”.
Scandoromani: Language and Speakers 1.1. Background 1.1.1. The Various Groups of Travellers and Roma in Scandinavia Like anywhere else in Europe, the Nordic countries have a number of groups known as Travellers or Roma. The identification of these groups—their lan-guage, their ethnicity, and their origin—is a complex and problematic issue.
