The Manouches are a subgroup of Roma who have lived in France since at least the eighteenth century.[1] The term Manouche is the self-ascribed name of the French Sinti.[2] The word "manouche" means "man" or "human being" in the Romani language, and is closely cognate to the word for "man" in many modern Indian languages such as Hindi Hindi: [[wikt:मनुष्य|मनुष्य]] and Bangla Bengali: [[wikt:মানুষ|মানুষ]] . Their Romani dialect, cognate to the one used by German Sinti, exhibits strong German influence.[3] They are nowadays primary French-speaking, though the dialect of French they use exhibits many linguistic peculiarities compared to standard French.