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Scandoromani
Native toNorway, Sweden, Denmark
Native speakersc. 100–150 (2014)
Speakers mostly elderly. More people speak Swedish with some Roma vocabulary.
Language familyPara-Romani, mixed RomaniScandinavian
Official status
Official language inrecognised minority language in
 Norway (1993)
 Sweden (1999)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
rmg – Traveller Norwegian
rmu – Tavringer Romani (Sweden)
rmd – Traveller Danish
Glottologtrav1236  Norwegian
tavr1235  Swedish
trav1237  Danish
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Scandoromani is a Para-Romani dialect spoken by the Romanisæl, a subgroup of the Romani people in Norway (c. 100–150 elderly Scandoromani speakers), and Sweden.

Subforms are referred to as:

  • The Norwegian Romani language or Traveller Norwegian (tavringens rakripa, lit. 'Traveller's language'), Norwegian: romani or norsk romani (Norwegian Romani), in Norway (the Romani language of the Norwegian Roma is referred to as romanes in Norwegian);
  • The Swedish Romani language or Tavringer Romani, Traveller Swedish or Tattare, Swedish: svensk romani (Swedish Romani), in Sweden;
  • Traveller Danish in Denmark.

Like Angloromani in Britain and Caló in Spain, Scandoromani draws upon a vocabulary of inflected Romani. Much of the original Romani grammar, however, has been lost to the users, and they now communicate in Swedish or Norwegian grammar.

There is no standardised form of Scandoromani, so variations exist in vocabulary, pronunciation, and usage, depending on the speaker. In print, Scandoromani words are often written with Swedish (S) or Norwegian (N) letters (ä, æ, ø, å) and letter combinations to represent Romani sounds, e.g., tj- (/ɕ/) or kj- (/ç/ alt. //) to represent the Romani č // and čh /tʃʰ/. Some examples of Scandoromani variant spellings are: tjuro (S) / kjuro (N) 'knife'; gräj (S) / grei (N) 'horse'.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Carling, Lindell & Ambrazaitis (2014:5)
  2. ^ Karlsen, Ludvig. "Tavringens Rakripa: Romanifolkets Ordbok". Landsorganisasjonen for Romanifolket (in Norwegian and Traveller Norwegian). Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved November 18, 2008.
  3. "Traveller Norwegian in the Language Cloud". Ethnologue. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  4. "Tavringer Romani in the Language Cloud". Ethnologue. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  5. "Tavringer Romani". LLOW Language Server. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  6. "Traveller Danish". Ethnologue. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  7. ^ Resande Folkets Riksorganisation (2006)

References

  • Carling, Gerd; Lindell, Lenny; Ambrazaitis, Gilbert (2014), Scandoromani: Remnants of a Mixed Language, Leiden: Brill, ISBN 9789004266445
  • Resande Folkets Riksorganisation (2006), Ordlista i resandespråket romani (in Swedish and Traveller Norwegian) (2nd ed.), Malmö: Föreningen Resande Folkets Riksorganisation, ISBN 91-631-9668-9

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