Scandoromani language


Scandoromani, also known as Traveller Norwegian, Tavringer Romani, the Tattare language, and Traveller Danish, is a North Germanic based Para-Romani. It is spoken by the Scandinavian Romanisæl Travellers, a Romani minority community, in Norway, and formerly in Sweden.
"Scandoromani" is a term coined by academics. In Sweden, Scandoromani is referred to as resande rommani or svensk rommani, while in Norway the same language is known as norsk romani.
Like Angloromani in Britain and Caló in Spain, Scandoromani draws upon a vocabulary of inflected Romani. Much of the original Romani grammar, however, has been lost to the users, and they now communicate in Swedish or Norwegian grammar.
There is no standardised form of Scandoromani, so variations exist in vocabulary, pronunciation, and usage, depending on the speaker. In print, Scandoromani words are often written with Swedish or Norwegian letters and letter combinations to represent Romani sounds, e.g., tj- or kj- to represent the Romani č and čh. Some examples of Scandoromani variant spellings are: tjuro / kjuro 'knife'; gräj / grei 'horse'.

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