Balkan Roma | |
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Balkaniko Romanes | |
Native to | Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Russia, Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Ethnicity | Roma, Jerlídes (North Macedonia, southern Serbia). |
Speakers | L1: 600,000 (2013)[1] L2: 200,000[1] |
Dialects | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | rmn |
Glottolog | balk1252 |
ELP | Balkan Romani |
Balkan Roma, Balkaniko Romanes, or Balkan Gypsy is a specific non-Vlax dialect of the Romani language, spoken by groups within the Balkans, which include countries such as Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey etc. The Balkan Romani language is typically an oral language.