Where Balkan Romani is spoken
Balkan Romani is spoken in 31 countries: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina and 27 more.
Balkan Romani has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.
How many people speak Balkan Romani?
Wikidata gives about 564,000 first-language speakers (Ethnologue, 2013). These figures are approximate: they come from different sources, years and definitions of a speaker.
Status: Not endangered. Glottolog lists it as not endangered: it is still being passed on to children.
Where Balkan Romani sits in the language family tree
Glottolog classifies Balkan Romani as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.
- Indo-European
- Classical Indo-European
- Indo-Iranian
- Indo-Aryan
- Middle-Modern Indo-Aryan
- Continental Indo-Aryan
- Midlands Indo-Aryan
- Shaurasenic
- Indo-Aryan Central zone
- Romani
- Balkan Romani
Related languages
Other languages in the Romani group:
- Vlax Romani (538,000 speakers)
- Central Romani (150,000 speakers)
- Caló (60,000 speakers)
- Baltic Romani (50,000 speakers)
More about Balkan Romani
- Read about Balkan Romani on Wikipedia
- Indo-European languages map
- Languages spoken in Albania
- All languages, A to Z
Codes: ISO 639-3 rmn, Glottolog balk1252. Glottolog macroarea: Eurasia.
Questions about Balkan Romani
Where is Balkan Romani spoken?
Balkan Romani is spoken in Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina and 27 more. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.
How many people speak Balkan Romani?
Wikidata gives about 564,000 first-language speakers (Ethnologue, 2013). Speaker numbers are approximate and differ between sources: counting who is a speaker, and whether to include second-language speakers, is not settled.
Which language family is Balkan Romani in?
Glottolog places Balkan Romani in the Indo-European family, in the branch Classical Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Middle-Modern Indo-Aryan, Continental Indo-Aryan, Midlands Indo-Aryan, Shaurasenic, Indo-Aryan Central zone and Romani.