Group: | Ewe: Romad |
Population: | 1,250 |
Popplace: | Harjumaal, Tartumaal, Valgamaal, Pärnumaal, Raplamaal |
Langs: | Lotfitka, Lithuanian, English, Russian |
Rels: | Majority Christianity |
Related-C: | Romani people in Latvia, Romani people in Lithuania, Romani people in Finland, Romani people in Sweden, Romani people in Denmark |
The Romani people in Estonia, known locally as the Ewe: Mustlased or the Ewe: Romad, are an Indo-Aryan people that represent a small minority population in Estonia.
Estonian Roma were killed during the Romani Holocaust of World War II, with estimates between 800 and 1,000 people killed. Approximately 5% of them survived. In 2007, a memorial for the murdered was unveiled in Kalevi-Liiva.[1]
Based on 2013 data, the Council of Europe estimates that approximately 1,250 Romani people reside in Estonia (0.1% of the population).[2]
The Estonian Roma speak mostly the Lotfitka Latvian dialect but also speak the Xaladytka Russian Romani (also called Ruska) dialect.[3]