Romano-Greek (also referred to as Hellenoromani; Greek: Ελληνο-ρομανική, romanized: Elleno-romaniké) 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 to | Greece |
Native speakers | none (2000)[1] 30 use it as a secret language (2000)[1] |
| Dialects | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rge |
| Glottolog | roma1240 |
 Romano-Greek is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (As of 2024) | |
References
edit- ^ a b Romano-Greek at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Bakker, Peter; Mous, Maarten (1994). Mixed Languages: 15 Case Studies in Language Intertwining. IFOTT. ISBN 9789074698146.
- ^ "Romano-Greek". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ Ethnologue
- ^ 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.
- ^ Nicholas, Nick (19 December 2017). "Kaliarda XXIII: Dortika". hellenisteukontos.opoudjis. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
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