Romano-Greek | |
States: | Greece |
Speakers: | none |
Date: | 2000 |
Ref: | e25 |
Speakers2: | 30 use it as a secret language (2000) |
Familycolor: | mixed |
Family: | mixed Romani–Greek |
Dia1: | Dortika (in Eurytania) |
Dia2: | Kaliarda (in Athens)[1] |
Iso3: | rge |
Glotto: | roma1240 |
Glottorefname: | Romano-Greek |
Map: | Lang Status 20-CR.svg |
Romano-Greek (also referred to as Hellenoromani; Ελληνο-ρομανική|Elleno-romaniké) is a nearly extinct mixed language (referred to as Para-Romani in Romani linguistics), spoken by the Romani people in Greece that arose from language contact between Romani speaking people and the Greek language. The language is suspected to be a secret language spoken in Thessaly and Central Greece Administrative Unit.[2] Typologically the language is structured on Greek with heavy lexical borrowing from Romani.[3] Dortika is a secret language spoken mainly in Athens by traveling builders from Eurytania Prefecture. In both cases, the languages are most likely not native to their speakers.[4] [5]