Where Central Romani is spoken
Central Romani is spoken in 28 countries: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina and 24 more.
Central 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 Central Romani?
Wikidata gives about 150,000 speakers (Ethnologue). These figures are approximate: they come from different sources, years and definitions of a speaker.
Status: Not endangered. Glottolog lists it as not endangered: it is still being passed on to children.
Where Central Romani sits in the language family tree
Glottolog classifies Central Romani as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.
- Indo-European
- Classical Indo-European
- Indo-Iranian
- Indo-Aryan
- Middle-Modern Indo-Aryan
- Continental Indo-Aryan
- Midlands Indo-Aryan
- Shaurasenic
- Indo-Aryan Central zone
- Romani
- Central Romani
Related languages
Other languages in the Romani group:
- Balkan Romani (564,000 speakers)
- Vlax Romani (538,000 speakers)
- Caló (60,000 speakers)
- Baltic Romani (50,000 speakers)
More about Central Romani
- Read about Central Romani on Wikipedia
- Indo-European languages map
- Languages spoken in Albania
- All languages, A to Z
Codes: ISO 639-3 rmc, Glottolog carp1235. Glottolog macroarea: Eurasia.
Questions about Central Romani
Where is Central Romani spoken?
Central Romani is spoken in Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina and 24 more. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.
How many people speak Central Romani?
Wikidata gives about 150,000 speakers (Ethnologue). 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 Central Romani in?
Glottolog places Central 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.