Scandoromani

Scandoromani

language
familycolor=Creole
name=Scandromani
nativename="Rommani; Romani rakripa"
states=Sweden, Norway
speakers=31,000
fam1=Mixed language
fam2=Scandinavian-Romani
nation=recognised minority language in
NOR (1993)
SWE (1999)
iso3=rmu

Scandoromani (or ScandoromanyFact|date=July 2008; _sv. rommani, _ro. romani rakripa), also known as Tavringer Romani, [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=rmu] is a form of the Romani language. It is currently spoken by the Norwegian and Swedish Travellers, a Roma minority community, in Sweden (ca. 25,000 speakers) and Norway (ca. 6,000 speakers).

In Sweden, Scandoromani is referred to as "resande rommani" (Traveller Romani) or "svensk rommani" (Swedish Romani), while in Norway the same language is known as "norsk romani" (Norwegian Romani).

Like Angloromani in Britain and Caló (Spanish Romani) in Spain, Scandoromani draws upon a (now extinct) vocabulary of inflected Romani. The original Romani grammar, however, has been lost to the users, and they now communicate in Swedish or Norwegian grammar. Scandoromani must not be confused with the Rodi language.

There is no standarised form of Scandoromani, so variations exist in vocabulary, pronunciation, and usage, depending on the speaker. In print, Scanodromani words are often written with Swedish (S) or Norwegian (N) letters ("ä", "æ", "ø", "å") and letter combinations (e.g., "tj-" or "kj-" for the "ch" sound in English) to represent Romany sounds: "tjuro" (S) / "kjuro" (N) 'knife'; "gräjj" (S) / "grei" (N) 'horse'.

Source

Hancock, Ian (1992) "The Social and Linguistic Development of Scandoromani", Jahr, Ernst Håkon (ed.), "Language Contact: Theoretical and Empirical Studies", Berlin; New York: Mouton de Gruyter, ISBN 3110128020, pp. 37–52

See also

* Kalo Finnish Romani language

External links

* [http://www.lor.no/lor/spraak.htm Scandoromani-Norwegian word list] no icon


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Norwegian and Swedish Travellers — Not to be confused with Indigenous Norwegian Travellers. The Norwegian and Swedish Travellers (Norwegian: romanifolket; Swedish: resande; Scandoromani: romanisæl, romanoar, rom(m)ani, tavringer/ar, tattare) are a group or branch of the Romani… …   Wikipedia

  • Romani — Rromani Rromani chib Nombre de locuteurs 1,5 million (estimation) Typologie SVO Classification par famille   langues indo européennes …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Scandinavia — This article is about Scandinavia as a cultural, historical and ethno linguistic region. For the peninsula, see Scandinavian Peninsula. For the broader group of Nordic countries, see Nordic countries. For other uses, see Scandinavia… …   Wikipedia

  • Romani language — language familycolor=Indo European name=Romani nativename=romani ćhib states=The speakers of Romani are scattered throughout the world speakers=4.8 million fam2=Indo Iranian fam3=Indo Aryan fam4=Central Zone nation=recognised as minority language …   Wikipedia

  • List of official languages by state — This is a complete list of the official languages designated in the sovereign states of the world. It includes all languages that have official language status either statewide or in a part of the state, or that have status as a national language …   Wikipedia

  • Rodi language — language familycolor=Creole name=Rodi nativename= states=Norway speakers= fam1=Mixed language fam2=Norwegian Romani nation= iso3=rmgRodi, also known by the ambiguous term Traveller Norwegian, is a language spoken by the indigenous Norwegian… …   Wikipedia

  • Languages of Norway — Languages of country = Norway official = Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk), Sami and Kven unofficial = regional = minority = Romani language foreign = English German French Danish sign = Norwegian Sign Language keyboard = Norwegian QWERTY keyboard… …   Wikipedia

  • Romani people — For other uses, see Romani (disambiguation). Romani people Rromane dźene Romani flag created in 1933 a …   Wikipedia

  • Names of the Romani people — Distribution of the Romani people in Europe based on self designation. The Romani people are also known by a variety of other names, in English as Roma and Gypsies, in Greek as γύφτοι. In Central and Eastern Europe as Tsigani (and variants), in… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”