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Preferred term

rmwWelsh Romani  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Welsh Romani (or Welsh Romany; sometimes also known as Kååle ) is a variety of the Romani language which was spoken fluently in Wales until at least 1950. It was spoken by the Kale group of the Romani people who arrived in Britain during the 15th century. The first record of Gypsies in Wales comes from the 16th century. Welsh-Romani is one of the many Northern Romani dialects.

Entry terms

  • Romani, Welsh
  • Welsh-Romani language

ISO 639-3 code

  • rmw

Notation

  • rmw

In other languages

  • Welsh-Romani

    German

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/rmw

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