Romani, Baltic

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A language of Poland

ISO 639-3
rml
Alternate Names
Balt Romani, Balt Slavic Romani, Baltic Slavic Romani, Roma
Autonym
Romani
User Population

13,600 in Poland (2013 UNSD). Total users in all countries: 34,010.

Location

Łódź, Lubusz, and Warmia-Masuria voivodships.

Language Status

5* (Developing). Recognized language (2005, Minorities Act of 2 January, Article 2(4)).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Romani, Northern
Dialects

Xaladytko (Xaladitka, Xaladytka), Polish Romani (Polska Roma). A member of macrolanguage Romany [rom].

Language Use

Also use Polish [pol].

Language Development

Printed or pre-recorded Romani language materials may not be understandable outside the country (or context of surrounding languages) in which they were produced. Bible: 2015.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Romani, Baltic
Writing

Cyrillic script [Cyrl], used in Belarus, Russian Federation, and Ukraine. Latin script [Latn], used in Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. Ethnic groups: Pólska Foldítka, Romá. Christian.

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