Baltic Romani

Baltic Romani
Baltic Romani
Native to	Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Finland, Ukraine
Native speakers	46,000, including 14,000 in Poland and 10,000 in Finland (2001–2013)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Central Zone Romani Northern Romani Baltic Romani; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; rml – Baltic Romani; rmf – Finnish Kalo
Glottolog	balt1257 Baltic Romani; kalo1256 Finnish Kalo
ELP	Baltic Romani

Baltic Romani is group of dialects of the Romani language spoken in the Baltic states and adjoining regions of Poland and Russia. Half of the speakers live in Poland. It also called Balt Romani, Balt Slavic Romani, Baltic Slavic Romani, and Roma. Romani began as an Indo-European language, which morphed into an Indo-Iranian language, and then into an Indo-Aryan language. After that the Romani language broke down into Balkan Romani and Central Romani. Baltic Romani came from the Central Romani dialect which branches off into other dialects. There are a total of around 31,500 users in all countries.

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