The Muslim Roms-Mixed Language and Culture
To read the full article click here Kyuchukov, H. (1997-1998) Academi Des Sciences Des Bulgarie Linguistique Balkanique XXXXIX 1-2 This article republished with the permission of author.
To read the full article click here Kyuchukov, H. (1997-1998) Academi Des Sciences Des Bulgarie Linguistique Balkanique XXXXIX 1-2 This article republished with the permission of author.
To read the full article click here Kyuchukov, H.(1994) Turkish Dialects of Muslim Roms (Gypsies) in Bulgaria, Journal of Turkology (2):305-307
In this paper we make one major point: that Roma children in Europe need to be tested in their mother tongue before school placement. Roma children are in a particularly perilous position with respect to their education. We describe the problematic linguistic situation of Roma children, who are bilingual and often bidialectal, but are frequently…
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