Rumelian Romani | |
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Native to | former Ottoman Rumelia |
Ethnicity | Muslim Roma |
Indo-European
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog |
pasp1238 |
Rumelian Romani is a dialect of Southern Romani of strong Turkish pronunciation with Turkish and Greek loanwords, once was spoken by the Turkish- Muslim Roma ( Xoraxane) in Ottoman Rumelia, especially by the Sedentary Rumelian Romani people of various groups in Edirne in East Thrace [1] First described by Evliya Çelebi's Seyahatname in 1668, of the Muslim Roma in Gümülcine, and later by William Marsden in 1785 and by Alexandros Georgios Paspatis (Paspati), a scholar of the Romani language in 1870. [2] [3] The Greek Doctor A. G. Paspati made also the statemant in his Book, that Turks married often Roma Woman. [3] This Romani dialect is almost extinct in Turkey, but still spoken by Muslim Roma in Western Thrace today. [4]
Rumelian Romani | |
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Native to | former Ottoman Rumelia |
Ethnicity | Muslim Roma |
Indo-European
| |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog |
pasp1238 |
Rumelian Romani is a dialect of Southern Romani of strong Turkish pronunciation with Turkish and Greek loanwords, once was spoken by the Turkish- Muslim Roma ( Xoraxane) in Ottoman Rumelia, especially by the Sedentary Rumelian Romani people of various groups in Edirne in East Thrace [1] First described by Evliya Çelebi's Seyahatname in 1668, of the Muslim Roma in Gümülcine, and later by William Marsden in 1785 and by Alexandros Georgios Paspatis (Paspati), a scholar of the Romani language in 1870. [2] [3] The Greek Doctor A. G. Paspati made also the statemant in his Book, that Turks married often Roma Woman. [3] This Romani dialect is almost extinct in Turkey, but still spoken by Muslim Roma in Western Thrace today. [4]