Scandoromani is a

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based

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. It is spoken by the Scandinavian Romanisæl Travellers, a

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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 Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

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'.

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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
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