Where Vlax Romani is spoken
Vlax Romani is spoken in 32 countries: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina and 28 more.
Vlax 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 Vlax Romani?
Wikidata gives about 538,000 first-language speakers (Ethnologue). 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 Vlax Romani sits in the language family tree
Glottolog classifies Vlax 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
- Vlax Romani
Related languages
Other languages in the Romani group:
- Balkan Romani (564,000 speakers)
- Central Romani (150,000 speakers)
- Caló (60,000 speakers)
- Baltic Romani (50,000 speakers)
More about Vlax Romani
- Read about Vlax Romani on Wikipedia
- Indo-European languages map
- Languages spoken in Albania
- All languages, A to Z
Codes: ISO 639-3 rmy, Glottolog vlax1238. Glottolog macroarea: Eurasia.
Questions about Vlax Romani
Where is Vlax Romani spoken?
Vlax Romani is spoken in Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina and 28 more. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.
How many people speak Vlax Romani?
Wikidata gives about 538,000 first-language speakers (Ethnologue). 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 Vlax Romani in?
Glottolog places Vlax 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.