Scandoromani

Scandoromani is a North Germanic based Para-Romani. It is spoken by the Scandinavian Romanisæl Travellers, a Romani minority community, in Norway (c. 100–150 elderly speakers), and formerly in Sweden.

Subforms are referred to as:
* Traveller Norwegian (, lit. 'Traveller's language'), ) Norwegian ' (Norwegian Romani), in Norway;
* Tavringer Romani, Traveller Swedish or Tattare, Swedish ' (Swedish Romani), in Sweden;
* Traveller Danish in Denmark.

Like Angloromani in Britain and Caló in Spain, Scandoromani draws upon a (now extinct) 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 (S) or Norwegian (N) letters (''ä'', ''æ'', ''ø'', ''å'') and letter combinations to represent Romani sounds, e.g., ''tj-'' () or ''kj-'' ( alt. ) to represent the Romani ''č'' and ''čh'' . Some examples of Scandoromani variant spellings are: ''tjuro'' (S) / ''kjuro'' (N) 'knife'; ''gräj'' (S) / ''grei'' (N) 'horse'.

See also

* Finnish Kalo language
* Para-Romani

Notes

References

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Suggested further reading

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* (A lexicon and grammatical overview of Tavringer Romani; includes several Traveller song texts ''in extenso'')
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External links

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Norwegian Romani Dictionary

* Examples of Tavringer Romani text from the websites of th
Swedish Parliament
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Swedish Language Council

Romani in Norway
Romani in Sweden
Romani in Denmark
Para-Romani
Languages of Norway
Languages of Sweden
Languages of Denmark
Mixed languages
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