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Vlax Romani is a dialect group of the Romani language. Vlax Romani varieties are spoken mainly in Southeastern Europe by the Romani people.[2] Vlax Romani can also be referred to as an independent language[3] or as one dialect of the Romani language. Vlax Romani is the second most widely spoken dialect subgroup of the Romani language worldwide, after Balkan Romani.

Vlax Romani
romani shib
Native to	Bosnia, Romania, Serbia, Albania, Hungary, Israel; scattered in numerous other states
Native speakers	538,480 (2002–2014)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Western Zone Romani Vlax Romani
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Hungary, Romania, Poland, and Serbia
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rmy
Glottolog	vlax1238
ELP	Vlax Romani

Name

The language's name Vlax Romani was coined by British scholar Bernard Gilliat-Smith in his 1915 study on Bulgarian Romani, in which he first divided Romani dialects into Vlach and non-Vlach.[4][5] The Vlax Roma, a subgroup of the Romani people that speak the Vlax Romani language, originate from the former Roma slaves in the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (with the name "Vlax", which comes from "Vlach", coming from the latter), now Romania.[6] All Vlax Romani Groups share Vlachs Ancestry too[7] The words Romani and Romania are false cognates, the former deriving from Romani rom – ultimately from Sanskrit word Romaka or Coptic word Romê, and the latter deriving from Romanian român – ultimately from Latin.

Classification

Vlax Romani is classified in two groups: Vlax I, or Northern Vlax (including Kalderash and Lovari), and Vlax II, or Southern Vlax.[2]

Elšík[8] uses this classification and dialect examples (geographical information from Matras[9]):

Sub-group	Dialect	Place
Ukrainian Vlax	-	Ukraine
Northern Vlax	Cerhari	Hungary
	Hungarian Lovari
		Slovakia
	Austrian Lovari	Austria
	Polish Lovari	Poland
	Norwegian Lovari	Norway
	Serbian Kalderaš	Serbia
	Italian Kalderaš	Italy
	Russian Kalderaš	Russia
	Taikon Kalderaš	Sweden[10]
	American Vlax	USA
Southern Vlax	Vallachian	Romania
	Ihtiman	Bulgaria (named after the city)
	Gurbet	Serbia and Bosnia
	Korça	Albania (named after the city)
	Italian Xoraxane	Italy (Xoraxane translates as "Muslims" in the dialect)
	Ajia Varvara	Greece (named after a suburb of Athens)

Writing systems

Vlax Romani is written using the Romani orthography, predominantly using the Latin alphabet with several additional characters. In the area of the former Soviet Union, however, it can also be written in the Cyrillic script.[11]

References

На других языках

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- [en] Vlax Romani language

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[fr] Romani vlax

Le romani vlax est un dialecte du romani ou une langue du groupe de langues romani parlée dans le Sud-Est de l’Europe par les Roms. C’est la deuxième variété de romani la plus parlée, après le romani des Balkans.

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[it] Lingua romanì vlax

Il romanì vlax è una lingua[1] della famiglia della lingua romanì. I dialetti Vlax sono parlate principalmente nell'Europa sud-orientale da persone rom.[2] Il Romanì Vlax è talvolta indicato come una lingua indipendente.[3] Il Romanì Vlax è il sottogruppo dialettale più parlato della lingua romanì in tutto il mondo.

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[ru] Влашские диалекты цыганского языка

Диалекты влашской группы (Danubian, Gypsy, Kalderash, Rom, Romenes, Romanés, Tsigane, Tsingani, Tsigene, Vlax, “Zigenare” (pej.)) — группа, объединяющая цыганские диалекты, сформировавшиеся на территории распространения румынского языка.

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