Caló

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A language of Spain

ISO 639-3
rmq
Alternate Names
Caló Romani, Gitano, Hispanoromani, Iberian Romani, Romanó
Autonym
Caló
User Population

40,000 in Spain. Total users in all countries: 460,000.

Location

Scattered.

Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Mixed language, Iberian-Romani
Dialects

Spanish Caló, Portuguese Calão (Calão, Lusitano-Romani), Catalonian Caló, Brazilian Calão. A Roma language very different from other Romani languages. A cryptological variety of Spanish [spa] (1995 I. Hancock). Regional dialects have Iberian base of Caló, where boundary between Spanish and Portuguese [por] is not distinct.

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

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. Grammar. Bible portions: 1837–1872.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Caló
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Movement to revive inflected Spanish Romani; book printed in it (Hancock 1990b). Christian.

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