Scandoromani


Scandoromani is a Para-Romani dialect spoken by the Romanisael, a subgroup of the Romani people in Norway, and Sweden.
Subforms are referred to as:
Like Angloromani in Britain and Caló in Spain, Scandoromani draws upon a 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 or Norwegian letters and letter combinations to represent Romani sounds, e.g., tj- or kj- to represent the Romani č and čh. Some examples of Scandoromani variant spellings are: tjuro / kjuro 'knife'; gräj / grei 'horse'.

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