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From Language Barriers to Social Capital: Serbian as the Language of Education for Romani Children
The Roma represent one of the major ethnic minorities in a large number of European countries. It is Europes largest transnational minority, a non-territorial nation of Europe. According to Guy (2003, p. 48), there are approximately between seven and eight and a half million Gypsies or Roma living in Europe, which makes them the largest…
Who is Afraid of Rromani Language
National languages have seldom been a restful issue in History. In this respect, the Rromani language is by no means an exception and one can observe a very complicated system of polemics about the various aspects of its affirmation: as a language and as a national one, as a mean of in-group and trans-frontier communication,…
A Succin History of the Rromani Language
The Indian orign of the Rromani language and people is not anymore seriously questionned. Seminal discussions are currently rather held about its current Indian profile and the part of other elements in its constitution. As highlighted by Sir Ralph Turner, one of the most outstanding indologists of the 20th century, the craddle of the old…
The Zargari language: An endangered European Romani in Iran
Zargari (or Romāno, as it is called by its speakers) is the only genuine Indo-Aryan language still spoken in Iran. The purpose of this article, which is mainly based on the author’s field work, is (a) to provide a brief, but at the same time precise, description of the main characteristics of Zargari phonology, morphology,…
The Communicative Competence of Romani (Gyspy speaking) Children in Bulgarian Discourse, in a Classroom Situation
To read the full article click here This article was originally published on Hristo Kyuchukov’s website and it republished with the permission of author.
Code Switching Among Muslim Roms in Bulgaria
This article presents the language of Muslim Roms, who form a trilingual community in the northeastern part of Bulgaria, discussing language mixing between Romani, Turkish, and Bulgarian, applying the model of Myers-Scotton (1993). Two different Roma linguistic groups are observed speakers of Vlax (Zagondzi) and non-Vşax (Xoraxani). The non-vLax language, which is full of Turkish…
Code-Switching Among Trilingual Turkish-Speaking Roma Children in Bulgaria
The paper presents trilingualism among Turkish-speaking Roma children from Bulgaria and the processes of code-switching. The study examines the MLF Model of Myers-Scotton (1993), and shows that this model is not valid in the situation of bilingual (trilingual) children learning two/three languages simultaneously. They acquire the three languages as a single code, and are not…
Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in Bulgaria
This article presents the state of bilingualism and bilingual education following the recent democratic changes in Bulgaria. During the Communist period of rule the rights of ethnic groups were not respected, and use of one’s mother tongue was prohibited in the educational system. Since the democratical changes, which effected all of society, some changes have…
Acquisition of Romani Morphology
To read the full artcile click here Kyuchukov, H.(1999),Acquisition of Romani Morphology.Grazer Linguistische Studien 51, 83-94