Romani: a linguistic introduction

Romani is a language of Indo-Aryan origin which is spoken in Europe by the people known as 'Gypsies' (who usually refer to themselves as Rom). There are upwards of 3.5 million speakers, and their language has attracted increasing interest both from scholars and from policy-makers in govern...

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Main Author: Matras, Yaron 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2002
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Summary:Romani is a language of Indo-Aryan origin which is spoken in Europe by the people known as 'Gypsies' (who usually refer to themselves as Rom). There are upwards of 3.5 million speakers, and their language has attracted increasing interest both from scholars and from policy-makers in governments and other organizations during the past ten years. This 2002 book is the first comprehensive overview in English of Romani. It provides a historical linguistic introduction to the structures of Romani and its dialects, as well as surveying the phonology, morphology, syntactic typology and patterns of grammatical borrowing in the language. This book provides an essential reference for anyone interested in this fascinating language
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 291 pages)
ISBN:9780511486791
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511486791

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