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Romano-Greek
Native to	Greece
Native speakers	none (2000) 30 use it as a secret language (2000)
Language family	mixed Romani–Greek
Dialects	Dortika (in Eurytania) Kaliarda (in Athens)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rge
Glottolog	roma1240
Romano-Greek is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (As of 2024)

Romano-Greek (also referred to as Hellenoromani; Greek: Ελληνο-ρομανική, romanized: Elleno-romaniké) is a nearly extinct mixed language (referred to as Para-Romani in Romani linguistics), spoken by the Romani people in Greece that arose from language contact between Romani speaking people and the Greek language. The language is suspected to be a secret language spoken in Thessaly and Central Greece Administrative Unit. Typologically the language is structured on Greek with heavy lexical borrowing from Romani. Dortika is a secret language spoken mainly in Athens by traveling builders from Eurytania Prefecture. In both cases, the languages are most likely not native to their speakers.

References

1. ^ Romano-Greek at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics - Volumes 1-14.
3. Bakker, Peter; Mous, Maarten (1994). Mixed Languages: 15 Case Studies in Language Intertwining. IFOTT. ISBN 9789074698146.
4. "Romano-Greek". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
5. Ethnologue
6. Matras, Yaron; Bakker, Peter (2003). Bibliography of Modern Romani Linguistics Including a Guide to Romani Linguistics. John Benjamins Publishing Co. ISBN 9789027275233. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
7. Nicholas, Nick (19 December 2017). "Kaliarda XXIII: Dortika". hellenisteukontos.opoudjis. Retrieved 24 July 2022.

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