Romano-Greek language

Romano-Greek (also referred to as Hellenoromani; Greek: Ελληνο-ρομανική) is a nearly extinct mixed language (referred to as Para-Romani in Romani linguistics), spoken by the Romani people in Greece that arose from language contact between Romani speaking people and the Greek language. The language is suspected to be a secret language spoken in Thessaly and Central Greece Administrative Unit.[3] Typologically the language is structured on Greek with heavy lexical borrowing from Romani.[4] Dortika is a secret language spoken mainly in Athens by traveling builders from Eurytania Prefecture. In both cases, the languages are most likely not native to their speakers.[5][6]

Romano-Greek
Native toGreece
Native speakers
none (2000)[1]
30 use it as a secret language (2000)[1]
Dialects
  • Dortika (in Eurytania)
  • Kaliarda (in Athens)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3rge
Glottologroma1240

References
  1. Romano-Greek at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. Bakker, Peter; Mous, Maarten (1994). Mixed Languages: 15 Case Studies in Language Intertwining. ISBN 9789074698146.
  3. "Romano-Greek". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  4. Ethnologue
  5. Matras, Yaron; Bakker, Peter (2003). Bibliography of Modern Romani Linguistics Including a Guide to Romani Linguistics. John Benjamins Publishing Co. ISBN 9789027275233. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  6. Nicholas, Nick (19 December 2017). "Kaliarda XXIII: Dortika". hellenisteukontos.opoudjis. Retrieved 24 July 2022.


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