Welsh-Romani language

Formerly spoken in

• Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Central Group Romani Northern group Para- Romani English Romani pidgin '

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Welsh Romani (or Welsh Romany; own name: Romnimus; sometimes called kaale ) is a variety of Romani, which was spoken fluently in Wales until at least 1950 Police officer Keith Sinclair by police in Wrexham has in his own words Romani in Wrexham to. heard speak fluent 2005.

It was spoken by the Kalè group of Roma who arrived in Britain during the 15th century. The first records of Roma (formerly pejorative and "Gypsy " ) date from the 16th century.

Welsh - Romani belongs to the Northern group of Romani dialects.

Word element

The majority of the vocabulary is Indo-Aryan origin, but there are also a number of loan words from other languages. Welsh loanwords include Melano ( "yellow", by Melyn ) griga ( " Heather, Erika ," by Grug ) and kraŋka ( " Crab", from cranc ). There are also English loanwords such as vlija ( "village" ), spīdra ( "spider" ) and bråmla ( " blackberry ").

Relationship with other Roma dialects

Historically constitute the variants of Welsh and English Romani of Romanichal (Roma in England and Wales), the same variant of the Romani, share characteristics and are historically closely related dialects, as in France, Germany ( Sinti ), Scandinavia, Spain, Poland, North Russia and the Baltic States are spoken. These dialects are from the first wave of Roma immigrants in the late Middle Ages to Western, Northern and Southern Europe from.