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Where is Baltic Romani spoken?

Baltic Romani is an Indo-European language, spoken in Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and 1 more. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Where Baltic Romani is spoken

Baltic Romani is spoken in 5 countries: Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and 1 more.

Country
Belarus
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Russia

Baltic Romani has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Baltic Romani?

Wikidata gives about 50,000 speakers (Wikidata, with no source given). These figures are approximate: they come from different sources, years and definitions of a speaker.

Status: Threatened. Glottolog lists it as threatened: it is still spoken by all generations, but there are signs that the number of speakers is falling.

Where Baltic Romani sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Baltic Romani as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Indo-European
  2. Classical Indo-European
  3. Indo-Iranian
  4. Indo-Aryan
  5. Middle-Modern Indo-Aryan
  6. Continental Indo-Aryan
  7. Midlands Indo-Aryan
  8. Shaurasenic
  9. Indo-Aryan Central zone
  10. Romani
  11. Baltic Romani

Related languages

Other languages in the Romani group:

More about Baltic Romani

Codes: ISO 639-3 rml, Glottolog balt1257. Glottolog macroarea: Eurasia.

Questions about Baltic Romani

Where is Baltic Romani spoken?

Baltic Romani is spoken in Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and 1 more. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

How many people speak Baltic Romani?

Wikidata gives about 50,000 speakers (Wikidata, with no source given). Speaker numbers are approximate and differ between sources: counting who is a speaker, and whether to include second-language speakers, is not settled.

Which language family is Baltic Romani in?

Glottolog places Baltic Romani in the Indo-European family, in the branch Classical Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Middle-Modern Indo-Aryan, Continental Indo-Aryan, Midlands Indo-Aryan, Shaurasenic, Indo-Aryan Central zone and Romani.

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