The Indo-Aryan language of the Romani people (also known as Gypsies) or one of its subgroups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc), closely related to Hindi and Rajasthani. Romany consists of a number of languages, which are considered separate in the ISO 639 classification
{i} Gypsies, group of nomadic Indian people who immigrated to Europe and North America during the 15th-18th centuries; Indic language language of the Romany Gypsy people
The Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Roma and Sinti peoples (who are sometime called Gypsies), closely related to Punjabi. Romany consists of a number of languages, which are considered separate in the ISO 639 classification
the Indic language of the Gypsies of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture; "Romani nomads"; "Romany folk songs"; "a Gypsy fortune-teller
Indo-Aryan language of the Roma (see Rom), spoken in many countries of the world, with its greatest concentration of speakers in eastern Europe. Romany is believed to have separated from the northern Indian languages AD 1000. Its dialects, which include many loanwords from languages where the Roma have lived, are classified according to the languages that influenced them: Greek, Romanian, Hungarian, Czecho-Slovak, German, Polish, Russian, Finnish, Scandinavian, Italian, Serbo-Croatian, Welsh, and Spanish. Romany has no tradition of writing but a rich oral tradition. In the 20th century some collections of Romany poems and folktales were published in eastern Europe
romany
Hyphenation
Ro·ma·ny
Turkish pronunciation
rōmıni
Pronunciation
/ˈrōmənē/ /ˈroʊməniː/
Etymology
[ 'rä-m&-nE, 'rO- ] (noun.) circa 1812. Romany romani, feminine of romano, adjective, Gypsy, from rom Gypsy man; more at ROM.