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Scandoromani

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Also known as Tattare language, Scandoromani language

Scandoromani is a Para-Romani dialect spoken by the Romanisael, a subgroup of the Romani people in Norway (c. 100–150 elderly Scandoromani speakers), and Sweden.

Key facts

Language.name
Scandoromani
Language.states
Norway, Sweden, Denmark
Language.speakers
c. 100–150
Language.date
2014
Language.speakers2
Speakers mostly elderly. More people speak Swedish with some Roma vocabulary.
Language.familycolor
mixed
Language.family
Para-Romani, mixed Romani–Scandinavian
Language.nation
recognised minority language in (1993) (1999)
Language.lc1
rmg
Language.ld1
Traveller Norwegian
Language.lc2
rmu
Language.ld2
Tavringer Romani (Sweden)
Language.lc3
rmd
Language.ld3
Traveller Danish
Language.glotto
trav1236
Language.glottoname
Norwegian
Language.glottorefname
Traveller Norwegian
Language.glotto2
tavr1235

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Scandoromani is a Para-Romani dialect spoken by the Romanisael, 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 (, lit. 'Traveller's language'), Norwegian: ' or ' (Norwegian Romani), in Norway (the Romani language of the Norwegian Roma is referred to as ' in Norwegian); The Swedish Romani language or Tavringer Romani, Traveller Swedish or Tattare, Swedish: ' (Swedish Romani), in Sweden; Traveller Danish † in Denmark.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Scandoromani” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.