Romani people in Italy

Romani people in Italy
Total population
150,000 (ISTAT: 2015)
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Religion

Romani people in Italy (Italian: Rom in Italia) have been living in Italy since the 15th century.[1] The Sinti, who regard themselves as a subgroup distinct from the Roma, arrived from the north. Other Romani groups migrated from the Balkans and settled in Southern Italy and Central Italy.[2] From Bosnia and Kosovo, Muslim Roma the so-called Xoraxane came to Italy at the time of the Balkan wars[3]

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  2. ^ Hooper, John (2015). The Italians. Penguin Books. p. 284. ISBN 978-0-525-42807-7.
  3. ^ Solimene, Marco (2011). "'These Romanians have ruined Italy'. Xoraxané Romá, Romanian Roma and Rome". Journal of Modern Italian Studies. 16 (5): 637–651. doi:10.1080/1354571X.2011.622471. S2CID 144058395 – via ResearchGate.