Baltic Romani

Baltic Romani
Native toPoland, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Finland, Ukraine
Native speakers
46,000, including 14,000 in Poland and 10,000 in Finland (2001–2013)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3
rml – Baltic Romani
Glottologbalt1257  Baltic Romani
ELPBaltic Romani

Baltic Romani[a] is a group of dialects of the Romani language spoken in the Baltic states and adjoining regions of Finland, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine. Half of Baltic Romani speakers live in Poland. Romani began as an Indo-European language, which morphed into an Indo-Iranian language, and then into an Indo-Aryan language. After that the Romani language broke down into Balkan Romani and Central Romani. Baltic Romani came from the Central Romani dialect which branches off into other dialects. There are a total of around 31,500 users in all countries.[2]

  1. ^ Baltic Romani at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Romani, Baltic". Joshua Project. Retrieved September 13, 2023.


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