What Is the Romani Language?: Volume 21

by Peter Bakker, Milena Hubschmannova, Valdemar Kalinin

This book deals with the Romani language. It does not teach the readers to speak the language. Rather, it deals with its origin, its current use and status, its beginning literature and films, and the way it is learned by children and much more. It shows that Romani is a language in its own right, with its own, unique grammatical system, dialects, and particular norms of language use. Pressure from the outside world has diminished the use of the language in some areas, but generally it is a thriving language, spoken by millions of people.

140 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[John Farebrother · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very informative introduction to one of the most little-known and mysterious European languages, Romany.