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The [[Romani people]] have a number of distinct populations, the largest being the [[Roma (Romani subgroup)|Roma]] and the [[Calé (disambiguation)|Iberian Calé or Caló]], who reached [[Anatolia]] and the [[Balkans]] about the early 12th century, from a migration out of northwestern India beginning about 600 years earlier.<ref name="Isabel">[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982212012602 Isabel Mendizabal and 21 others, "Reconstructing the Population History of European Romani from Genome-wide Data"], ''Current Biology'', Available online 6 December 2012, accessed 12 December 2012</ref><ref name="Comas">"Genomic Study Traces Roma to Northern India"], ''New York Times'', 11 December 2012. Findings recently reported also in ''Current Biology''.</ref> They settled in present-day [[Romania]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Hungary]] and [[Slovakia]], by order of volume, and Spain. From the Balkans, they migrated throughout Europe and, in the nineteenth and later centuries, to the Americas. The Romani population in the [[United States]] is estimated at more than one million.<ref name="time">Quote: "Today, estimates put the number of Roma in the U.S. at about one million."</ref>
The [[Romani people]] have a number of distinct populations, the largest being the [[Roma (Romani subgroup)|Roma]] and the [[Calé (disambiguation)|Iberian Calé or Caló]], who reached [[Anatolia]] and the [[Balkans]] about the early 12th century, from a migration out of northwestern India beginning about 600 years earlier.<ref name="Isabel">[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982212012602 Isabel Mendizabal and 21 others, "Reconstructing the Population History of European Romani from Genome-wide Data"], ''Current Biology'', Available online 6 December 2012, accessed 12 December 2012</ref><ref name="Comas">"Genomic Study Traces Roma to Northern India"], ''New York Times'', 11 December 2012. Findings recently reported also in ''Current Biology''.</ref> They settled in present-day [[Turkey]], [[Greece]], [[Serbia]], [[Romania]], [[Moldova]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Hungary]] and [[Slovakia]], by order of volume, and Spain. From the Balkans, they migrated throughout Europe and, in the nineteenth and later centuries, to the Americas. The Romani population in the [[United States]] is estimated at more than one million.<ref name="time">Quote: "Today, estimates put the number of Roma in the U.S. at about one million."</ref>


There is no official or reliable count of the Romani populations worldwide.<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-02-01-roma-europe_x.htm "European effort spotlights plight of the Roma"], ''USA Today'', 1 February 2005</ref> Many Romani refuse to register their ethnic identity in official censuses for fear of discrimination.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://other-news.info/index.php?p=172#more-172|title=It Now Suits the EU to Help the Roma|date=2004-09-29|first=Marian|last=Chiriac|publisher=Other-News.info}}</ref> Others are descendants of intermarriage with local populations and no longer identify only as Romani, or not at all.
There is no official or reliable count of the Romani populations worldwide.<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-02-01-roma-europe_x.htm "European effort spotlights plight of the Roma"], ''USA Today'', 1 February 2005</ref> Many Romani refuse to register their ethnic identity in official censuses for fear of discrimination.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://other-news.info/index.php?p=172#more-172|title=It Now Suits the EU to Help the Roma|date=2004-09-29|first=Marian|last=Chiriac|publisher=Other-News.info}}</ref> Others are descendants of intermarriage with local populations and no longer identify only as Romani, or not at all.

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Distribution of the Romani people in Europe (2007 Council of Europe "average estimates", totalling 9.8 million)[1]
* The size of the wheel symbols reflects absolute population size
* The gradient reflects the percent in the country's population: 0%                              10%.
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The Romani people have a number of distinct populations, the largest being the Roma and the Iberian Calé or Caló, who reached Anatolia and the Balkans about the early 12th century, from a migration out of northwestern India beginning about 600 years earlier.[2][3] They settled in present-day Turkey, Greece, Serbia, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Hungary and Slovakia, by order of volume, and Spain. From the Balkans, they migrated throughout Europe and, in the nineteenth and later centuries, to the Americas. The Romani population in the United States is estimated at more than one million.[4]

There is no official or reliable count of the Romani populations worldwide.[5] Many Romani refuse to register their ethnic identity in official censuses for fear of discrimination.[6] Others are descendants of intermarriage with local populations and no longer identify only as Romani, or not at all.

As of the early 2000s, an estimated 4 to 9 million Romani people lived in Europe and Asia Minor.[7] although some Romani organizations estimate numbers as high as 14 million.[8] Significant Romani populations are found in the Balkan peninsula, in some Central European states, in Spain, France, Russia, and Ukraine. The total number of Romani living outside Europe are primarily in the Middle East and in the Americas, and are estimated[by whom?] in total at more than two million.[citation needed] Some countries do not collect data by ethnicity.

The Romani people identify as distinct ethnicities based in part on territorial, cultural and dialectal differences, and self-designation. The main branches are:[9][10][11][12]

  1. Roma, concentrated in Central and Eastern Europe and Italy, they emigrated (mostly from the 19th century onwards) to the rest of Europe, as well as the Americas;
  2. Iberian Kale, mostly in Spain (see Romani people in Spain), but also in Portugal (see Romani people in Portugal), Southern France and Latin America;
  3. Finnish Kale, in Finland, emigrated also in Sweden;
  4. Welsh Kale, in Wales and the British Isles;
  5. Romanichal, in the United Kingdom, some emigrated also to the United States, Canada and Australia;
  6. Sinti, in German-speaking areas of Europe and some neighboring countries;
  7. Manush, in French-speaking areas of Europe (in French: Manouche); and
  8. Romanisæl, in Sweden and Norway.

The Romani have additional internal distinctions, with groups identified as Bashaldé; Churari; Luri; Ungaritza; Lovari (Lovara) from Hungary; Machvaya (Machavaya, Machwaya, or Macwaia) from Serbia; Romungro from Hungary and neighbouring Carpathian countries; Erlides (also Yerlii or Arli); Xoraxai (Horahane) from Greece/Turkey; Boyash (Lingurari, Ludar, Ludari, Rudari, or Zlătari) from Romanian/Moldovan miners; Ursari from Romanian/Moldovan bear-trainers; Argintari from silversmiths; Aurari from goldsmiths; Florari from florists; and Lăutari from singers.

Population by country

This is a table of Romani people by country. The list does not include the Dom people, who are often subsumed under "gypsies".

The official number of Romani people is disputed in many countries; some do not collect data by ethnicity; in others, Romani individuals may refuse to register their ethnic identity for fear of discrimination,[13] or have assimilated and do not identify exclusively as Romani. In some cases, governments consult Romani organizations for data.

Country Region Population Subgroups
Afghanistan Asia Template:Ecpad[14] Zargari[dubious – discuss]
Albania Southern Europe, Balkans 8301 (0.3%) (official 2011 census)[15] Gabel (Vlax Roma)  · Jevgs  ·
Argentina Overseas Template:Ecpad Kalderash, Boyash, Kale
Australia Overseas Template:Ecpad+[16] Romanichal, Boyash
Austria Central Europe Template:Ecpad–50,000[17][18] Burgenland-Roma, Sinti, Lovari, Arlije from Macedonia, Kalderash from Serbia, Gurbeti from Serbia and Macedonia
Azerbaijan Asia Template:Ecpad [19] Garachi[dubious – discuss]
Belarus Eastern Europe Template:Ecpad (census data)
or 50,000–60,000
(estimated data)[20][21]
Belgium Western Europe Template:Ecpad–15,000[17] Romungro
Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe, Balkans Template:Ecpad or 80,000
and 400,000 Vlax Roma[22][23][24]
Brazil Overseas Template:Ecpad–1,000,000 Kale, Kalderash, Machvaya, Xoraxane, Boyash
Bulgaria Southern/Eastern Europe, Balkans Template:Ecpad (official census)
to 800,000[25]		 Yerli, Gurbeti, Kalderash, Boyash, Ursari
Canada Overseas Template:Ecpad[26] Kalderash, Romanichal
Chile Overseas Template:Ecpad–20,000 Xoraxane
Colombia Overseas Template:Ecpad[27] Kalderash
Croatia Central / Southern Europe, Balkans Template:Ecpad (census results)[28]
Estimated: 30,000-40,000[29]		 Lovari, Boyash
Czech Republic Central Europe Template:Ecpad[30] Romungro; Bohemian Roma
Denmark Northern Europe Template:Ecpad–2,000[17]
Ecuador Overseas Template:Ecpad Kalderash
Estonia Northern Europe Template:Ecpad[31]
Finland Northern Europe Template:Ecpad+ [32][33] Kàlo
France Western Europe Template:Ecpad (official estimation)
1,200,000–1,300,000 (unofficial estimation)[34][35]		 Manush, Kalderash, Lovari, Sinti
Germany Central / Western Europe Template:Ecpad[36] mostly Sinti, but also Balkan Roma, Vlax Roma
Greece Southern Europe, Balkans Template:Ecpad
or 300,000 [37]		 Erlides, Xoraxane,
Hungary Central/Eastern Europe Template:Ecpad (census);[38]
394,000-1,000,000 (estimated)[39][40][41] 		Romungro, Boyash, Lovari
Iran Asia Template:Ecpad[42] Domari, Koeli, Ghorbati, Nawari
Iraq Asia Template:Ecpad? Qawliya, Kalderash, Xoraxane [citation needed]
Ireland Northern Europe Template:Ecpad[43]
Italy Southern Europe Template:Ecpad–180,000[17] + 152,000 illegal Roma in 700 camps[44] Sinti, Abruzzesi Roma, Ursari, Kalderash, Xoraxane
Kazakhstan Asia Template:Ecpad[citation needed] Sinti[45]
Latvia Northern Europe Template:Ecpad (2012 est.)[46] or 13,000–15,000[47] Lofitka Roma (in same Baltic Romani dialect family as Polska Roma and Ruska Roma)
Lebanon Asia Template:Ecpad Dom people
Lithuania Northern Europe Template:Ecpad–4,000[17]
Luxembourg Western Europe Template:Ecpad–150[17]
Macedonia Southern Europe, Balkans Template:Ecpad Roma and 3,843 Balkan Egyptians
to 260,000[48]		 Yerli, Gurbeti, Cergari, Egyptians
Mexico Overseas Template:Ecpad Kale, Boyash, Machwaya, Lovari, Kalderash[49]
Moldova Eastern Europe Template:Ecpad (census) to 20,000–25,000[17] or
150,000[50][51]		 Rusurja, Ursari, Kalderash
Montenegro Southern Europe, Balkans Template:Ecpad
to 20,000,[29]
additionally 8,000 registered Roma refugees from Kosovo, the entire number of IDP Kosovarian Roma in Montenegro is twice as large.[29]
Netherlands Western Europe Template:Ecpad–40,000[17]
Norway Northern Europe Template:Ecpad or more[52] Norwegian and Swedish Travellers (Romanoar, Tavringer), Vlax[citation needed]
Peru Overseas Template:Ecpad[dubious – discuss][53] Kalderash, Calo
Poland Central/Eastern Europe Template:Ecpad–60,000[54][55] Polska Roma
Portugal Southern / Western Europe Template:Ecpad[17][56][57]
Romania Southern/Central/Eastern Europe Template:Ecpad (census 2011)
850,000 (estimated)[58][59][60]		 Kalderash, Ursari, Lovari, Vlax, Romungro
Russia Eastern Europe Template:Ecpad (census 2002)
or
450,000–1,000,000 (estimated) [61][62]		 Ruska Roma (descended from Polska Roma, from Poland), Kalderash (from Moldova), Servy (from Ukraine and Balkans), Ursari (from Bulgaria) Lovare, Vlax Roma (from Walachia).[citation needed]
Serbia Southern Europe, Balkans Template:Ecpad (census 2011)
or 400,000–800,000 (estimated) [29][63]		 Ursari, Machvaya, Egyptians
Slovakia Central/Eastern Europe Template:Ecpad or 550,000[64][65][66][67][68] Romungro
Slovenia Central / Southern Europe, Balkans Template:Ecpad–10,000[17][69]
South Africa Overseas Template:Ecpad[citation needed] Romanichal
Spain Southern / Western Europe Template:Ecpad–650,000 (official estimation)[70]
600,000–800,000 [71]
or 1,500,000[72]		 Gitanos, Kalderash, Boyash
Sweden Northern Europe Template:Ecpad[73] Swedish Travellers (Tavringer), Vlax (Kalderash, Lovara), Kàlo (Finnish Roma)
Switzerland Central / Western Europe Template:Ecpad–35,000[17]
Thailand Asia Template:Ecpad-50,000
Turkey Asia Template:Ecpad[74] to 5,000,000[75] Bosha, Yerli
Ukraine Eastern Europe Template:Ecpad (census 2001)
or 400,000 (estimated)[76]		 Kelderare (Hungarian name for Kotlyary; Zakarpattia), Kotlyary (other Ukrainian regions), Ruska Roma (northern Ukraine), Servy (Serby, southern and central Ukraine, from Serbia), Lovare (central Ukraine), Kelmysh, Crymy (in Crimea), Servica Roma (in Zakarpattia from Slovakia), Ungriko Roma (in Zakarpattia from Hungary)[77][78]
United Kingdom Northern / Western Europe Template:Ecpad–94,000+[79]
and additionally 200,000 recent migrants[80]		 Romanichal, Welsh Kale
USA Overseas Template:Ecpad (Romani organizations' estimations)
Uruguay Overseas Template:Ecpad–5,000

Central and Eastern Europe

Main article: Roma (Romani subgroup)
An 1852 Wallachian poster advertising an auction of Romani slaves

A significant proportion of the world's Romanies live in Central and Eastern Europe, often in squatter communities[citation needed] with very high unemployment[citation needed], while only some are fully integrated in the society.[citation needed] However, in some cases—notably the Kalderash clan in Romania, who work as traditional coppersmiths—they have prospered. Some Romani families choose to immigrate to Western Europe now that many of the former Communist countries like the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria have entered the European Union and free travel is permitted. During the 1970s and 1980s many Romanies from former Yugoslavia migrated to Western European countries, especially to Austria, Germany and Sweden.

Bulgaria

Main article: Roma in Bulgaria

Romani people constitute the third largest ethnic group (after Bulgarians and Turks) in Bulgaria, they are referred to as "цигани" (tzigani) or "роми" (romi). According to the 2001 census, there were 370,908 Roma in Bulgaria, equivalent to 4.7% of the country's total population.[81] However, various estimates put that number anywhere up to 800,000.

Greece

Main article: Roma in Greece


Hungary

Main article: Roma in Hungary

The number of Romani people in Hungary is disputed.[citation needed] In the 2011 census 315,583 people called themselves Roma.[82] Various estimations put the number of Roma people to be between 500,000 and 1,000,000 people, or 8-10% of Hungary's population.[83][84]

Romania

Main article: Roma in Romania

There is a sizable minority of Romani people in Romania, known as Ţigani in Romanian and, recently, as Rromi, of 621,573 people or 3.09% of the total population (2011 census). The Romanies are the most socially-disadvantaged minority group in Romania. There exist a variety of governmental and non-governmental programs for integration and social advancement, including the National Agency for the Roma and Romania's participation in the Decade of Roma Inclusion. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Spain participate in these programs. As an officially-recognized ethnic minority, the Romani people also have guaranteed representation in Parliament and official recognition of their language in localities where they make up more than 20% of the population.

Russia

Main article: Ruska Roma
A Romani family travelling (1837 print)

In Russian the Romani people are referred to as tzigane. The largest ethnic group of Romani people in Russia are the Ruska Roma. They are also the largest group in Belarus. They are adherents of the Russian Orthodox faith.

They came to Russia in the 18th century from Poland, and their language includes Polish, German, and Russian words.

The Ruska Roma were nomadic horse traders and singers. They traveled during the summer and stayed in cottages of Russian peasants during the winter. They paid for their lodging with money, or with the work of their horses.

In 1812, when Napoleon I invaded Russia, the Romani diasporas of Moscow and Saint Petersburg gave large sums of money and good horses for the Russian army. Many young Romani men took part in the war as uhlans.

At the end of the 19th century, Rusko Rom Nikolai Shishkin created a Romani theatre troupe. One of its plays was in the Romani language.

During World War II some Ruska Roma entered the army, by call-up and as volunteers. They took part in the war as soldiers, officers, infantrymen, tankmen, artillerymen, aviators, drivers, paramedical workers, and doctors. Some teenagers, old men and adult men were also partisans. Romani actors, singers, musicians, dancers (mostly women) performed for soldiers in the front line and in hospitals. A huge number of Roma, including many of the Ruska Roma, died or were murdered in territories occupied by the enemy, in battles, and in the blockade of Leningrad.

After World War II, music of the Ruska Roma became very popular. Romen Theatre, Romani singers and ensembles prospered. All Romanies living in the USSR began to perceive Ruska Roma culture as the basic Romani culture.


Western Europe

Spain

Main article: Romani people in Spain
Spanish Romani woman

Romanies in Spain are generally known as Gitanos and tend to speak Caló which is basically Andalusian Spanish with a large number of Romani loanwords.[85] Estimates of the Spanish Gitano population range between 600,000 and 1,500,000 with the Spanish government estimating between 650,000 and 700,000.[86] Semi-nomadic Quinqui consider themselves apart from the Gitanos.

Portugal

Main article: Romani people in Portugal

The Romanies in Portugal are known as Ciganos, and their presence goes back to the second half of the 15th century. Early on, due to their socio-cultural difference and nomadic style of live, the Ciganos were the object of fierce discrimination and persecution.[87]

The number of Ciganos in Portugal is difficult to estimate, since there are no official statistics about race or ethnic categories. According to data from Council of Europe's European Commission against Racism and Intolerance[88] there are about 40,000 to 50,000 spread all over the country.[89] According to the Portuguese branch of Amnesty International, there are about 30,000 to 50,000.[90]

France

Fortune teller in the Romani shrine of Saintes Maries de la Mer.
Main article: Romani people in France

Romanies are generally known in spoken French as Manouches or Tsiganes. Romanichels or Gitans are considered pejorative and Bohémiens is outdated. The French National Gendarmerie tends to refer to "MENS" ("Minorités Ethniques Non-Sédentarisées"),[citation needed] a neutral administrative term meaning Traveling Ethnic Minorities. The media usually refer to them as la communauté des gens du voyage ("community of traveling people").[citation needed] By law, French municipalities over 5,000 inhabitants have the obligation to allocate a piece of land to Romani travellers when they arrive.[91]

Approximately 500,000 Roma live in France as part of established communities. Additionally, the French Roma rights group FNASAT reports that there are at least 12,000 Roma, primarily from Romania and Bulgaria, living in illegal urban camps throughout the country. French authorities often close down these encampments. In 2009, the government returned more than 10,000 Roma illegal immigrants to Romania and Bulgaria.[92] In the Summer of 2012, with mounting criticism of their treatment of the Roma, French key ministers met for emergency talks on the handling of an estimated 15,000 Roma living in camps across France. They proposed to lift restrictions on migrants (including Roma) from Bulgaria and Romania who were working in France.[93]

Italy

Romani in Italy are generally known as Zingari. People often use the term "Roma" (in Italian Rom), although the people prefer Romani (in Italian Romanì), which is little used. They are sometimes called "nomads," although many live in settled communities.

Northern Europe

Finland

Main article: Finnish Kale

The Kale (or Kaale) Romani of Finland are known in Finnish as mustalaiset ('blacks', cf. Template:Lang-rom, 'black') or romanit. Approximately 10,000 Romani live in Finland, mostly in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.[citation needed] In Finland, many Romani people wear their traditional dress in daily life.[94]

Norway and Sweden

Main article: Norwegian and Swedish Travellers

Romani in Sweden were formerly known as zigenare for Roma and tattare for Scandinavian travellers. More recently the term romer has been adopted as a collective designation referring to both groups, with resande (travellers) also referring to the latter only. Approximately 120,000 Romani live in Sweden,[95] many of them descended from Finnish Kale who immigrated in the 1960s. The latter, particularly the women, often wear traditional dress.[96]

The Romani in Sweden have periodically suffered discrimination at the hands of the state. For example, the state has taken children into foster care, or sterilised Romani women without their consent. Prejudice against Romanies is widespread, with most stereotypes portraying the Romani as welfare cheats, shoplifters, and con artists. For example, in 1992, Bert Karlsson, a leader of Ny Demokrati, said, "Gypsies are responsible for 90% of crime against senior citizens" in Sweden.[97] He had earlier tried to ban Romani from his Skara Sommarland theme park, as he thought they were thieves. Some shopkeepers, employers and landlords continue to discriminate against Romani.[98]

The situation is improving. Several Romani organisations promote education about Romani rights and culture in Sweden. Since 2000, Romani chib is an officially recognised minority language in Sweden. The Swedish government has established a special standing Delegation for Romani Issues. A Romani folk high school has been founded in Gothenburg.[99]

United Kingdom

Main article: Romanichal

Romani in England are generally known as Romanichals or Romani Gypsies, while their Welsh equivalent are known as Kale. They have been recorded in the UK since at least the early 16th century. Records of Romani people in Scotland date to the early 16th century. Some emigrated to the British colonies and to the United States during the centuries. They may number up to 120,000. There is also a sizable population of East European Roma, who immigrated into the UK in the late 1990s/early 2000s, and also after EU expansion in 2004.

The first recorded reference to "the Egyptians" appeared to be in 1492, during the reign of James IV, when an entry in the Book of the Lord High Treasurer records a payment "to Peter Ker of four shillings, to go to the king at Hunthall, to get letters subscribed to the 'King of Rowmais'". Two days after, a payment of twenty pounds was made at the king's command to the messenger of the 'King of Rowmais'.[100]

According to the Scottish Traveller Education Programme, an estimated 20,000 Scottish Gypsies/Travellers live in Scotland.[101] It is not known how many of this number are ethnic Romani, rather than other Travellers. The society and government recognize that there are several ethnic groups, each with different histories and cultures.

The term "gypsy" in the United Kingdom has come to mean anyone who travels with no fixed abode (regardless of ethnic group). This use has often been synonymous with "pikey" [citation needed], now considered a derogatory term. In some parts of the UK, the Romani are commonly called "tinkers" because of their traditional trade as tinsmiths.

West Asia

One route taken by the medieval proto-Romani cut across Persia and Asia Minor to Europe. Numerous Romani continue to live in Asia Minor.[citation needed] Other Romani populations in the Middle East are the result of modern migrations from Europe. Also found in the Middle East are various groups of the Dom people, often identified as "gypsies." They likely are derived from a migration out of India several centuries earlier than that 1500 years ago of the proto-Romani.[citation needed]

Cyprus

History

Historians estimate that the first immigrants came between 1322 and 1400, when Cyprus was under the rule of the Lusignan (Crusader) kings. These Roma were part of a general movement from Asia Minor to Europe. Those who landed on Cyprus probably came across from the Crusader colonies on the eastern Mediterranean coast (present-day Lebanon and Israel).[102]

There is no evidence suggesting one cause for the Roma to leave mainland Asia, but historical events caused widespread upheaval and may have prompted a move to the island. In 1347 the Black Death had reached Constantinople, the capital of Byzantium; in 1390 the Turks defeated the Greek kingdom in Asia; and ten years later, the Battle of Aleppo marked the advance of the Mongols under Tamerlane.

The first surviving written record of Roma in Cyprus is from 1468. In the Chronicle of Cyprus compiled by Florio Bustron, the Cingani are said to have paid tax to the royal treasury, at that time under King James II. Later, in 1549, the French traveler Andre Theret found "les Egyptiens ou Bohemiens" in Cyprus and other Mediterranean islands. He noted their simple way of life, supported by the production of nails by the men and belts by the women, which they sold to the local population.

During the Middle Ages, Cyprus was on a regular shipping route from Bari, Italy to the Holy Land. A second immigration likely took place some time after the Turks dominated the island in 1571. Some Kalderash came in the 19th century.

Currently, Roma in Cyprus refer to themselves as Kurbet, and their language as Kurbetcha, although most no longer speak it. Christian or Greek-speaking Roma are known as Mantides.[103]

Names of Roma in Cyprus

  • Tsignos: the official term used in Greek documents and written material. It comes from the term Cingani (used in the 1468 text), which in turn comes from the archaic word Adsincan, used in mediaeval Byzantium.
  • Yleftos: the Cypriot dialect form of mainland Greek Giftos. This is common in speech and comes from earlier Aigiptos, a reference to the earlier belief that the Romanies came from Egypt.[102]

(For additional names of Roma in Greek-speaking Cyprus, see Roma in Greece)

Turkey

Main article: Roma in Turkey

Romani people in Turkey are generally known as Çingene, Çingen or Çingan, as well as Çingit (West Black Sea region), Cono (South Turkey), Roman (Izmir) [104] and Gipleri (derived from the term "Egyptian"). They have assimilated fully into the country. Since the late twentieth century, some have started to recognize and cherish their Romani background as well.[105] Blacksmithing and other handicrafts are their main occupations.

Israel

Some Eastern European Roma, for example, from Bulgaria, are known to have arrived in Israel in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Some intermarried with Jews in the post-WWII displaced persons camps or, in some cases, pretended to be Jews when Zionist representatives arrived in those camps seeking migrants to Israel.[citation needed] The number of ethnic Romani living in Israel is unknown, as descendants of the post-WWII generation have tended to assimilate into the Israeli majority-Jewish environment. According to several recent accounts in the Israeli press, some families preserve traditional Romani lullabies, as well as Romani expressions and curse words. They pass them on to generations born in Israel who, for the most part, are Jews and speak Hebrew.[citation needed] The Romani community in Israel has grown since the 1990s, as some Roma immigrated from states of the former Soviet Union.

A community anciently related to the Romani are the Dom people. Some live in Israel, the Palestinian territories and in neighboring countries.

Overseas

Most Romani populations overseas were founded in the 19th century by emigration from Europe.

North America

Main article: Roma in the United States

United States

At the beginning of the 19th century, the first major Romani group, the Romanichal from Great Britain, arrived in North America, although some had also immigrated during the colonial era. They settled primarily in the United States, which was then more established than most English-speaking communities in Upper Canada. Later immigrants also settled in Canada.

The ancestors of the majority of the contemporary local Romani population in the United States, who are Eastern European Roma, started to immigrate during the second half of the century, drawn by opportunities for industrial jobs. Among these groups were the Romani-speaking peoples such as the Kalderash, Machvaya, Lovari and Churari, as well as groups who had adopted the Romanian language, such as the Boyash (Ludari). Most arrived either directly from Romania after their liberation from slavery between 1840–1850, or after a short-period in neighboring states, such as the Russia, Austria-Hungary, or Serbia. The Bashalde arrived from what is now Slovakia (then Austria-Hungary) about the same time. Many settled in the major industrial cities of the era.[106]

Immigration from Eastern Europe decreased drastically in the post-World War II era, during the years of Communist rule. It resumed in the 1990s after the fall of Communism. Romani organizations estimate that there are about one million Romani in the United States.[4]

Canada

Another 80,000 Romani live in Canada.[107]

South America

Romani groups settled the Brazilian states of Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais primarily in the late 19th century. The Machvaya came from present-day Serbia (then Austria-Hungary), the Kalderash from Romania, the Lovari from Italy, and the Horahane from Greece and Turkey.[108] Initially, the Romani in Brazil were believed to be descended from ancestors who were exiled in the colony by the Portuguese Inquisition but more has been learned about the peoples. The current population of ethnic Romani is estimated at 600,000. Most are descended from ethnic Kalderash, Macwaia, Rudari, Horahane, and Lovara.

The Romani people in Argentina number more than 300,000. They traditionally support themselves by trading used cars, and selling their jewelry, while traveling all over the country.

A sizeable population of Romani people live in Chile. As they continue their traditions and language, they are a distinct minority who are widely recognized. Many continue semi-nomadic lifestyles, traveling from city to city and living in small tented communities. A Chilean telenovela called Romane was based on the Romani. It portrayed their lifestyles, ideas and occasionally featured the Chilean-born actors speaking in the Romani language, with subtitles in Spanish.

See also

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  26. ^ Roma in Canada fact sheet
  27. ^ Ethnologue report for language code:rmy
  28. ^ Central Bureau of Statistics of Republic of Croatia. "Census 2001, Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities".
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  30. ^ Czech census: 2 000 more people registered as Romani than 10 years ago
  31. ^ Enumerated Permanent Residents by Ethnic Nationality and Sex, 31 December 2011.
  32. ^ National Minorities of Finland, The Roma — Virtual Finland - 2008 - archived at Wayback Machine
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  35. ^ Full Report by the European Roma Rights Centre
  36. ^ Ethnologue report for Germany
  37. ^ 200,000, according to the Greek government ([3]); 300,000 to 350,000 according to the IHF monitor for Greece ([4]).
  38. ^ 2001 census
  39. ^ Hablicsek László: A magyarországi cigányság demográfiája
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  41. ^ The christian science monitor: "[...] the Roma, who account for between 8 and 10 percent of Hungary's 10 million people."
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  44. ^ The Times: Italy gypsies find echoes of Nazism in fingerprinting move
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  47. ^ Estimated by the Soros foundation
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  51. ^ http://www.coe.int/t/dg3/romatravellers/Documentation/strategies/statistiques_en.asp
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  60. ^ Rumänien sieht Ende starker Auswanderung (Schweiz, NZZ Online)
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  72. ^ Estimated by the Society for Threatened Peoples [12]
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  75. ^ "Türkiye’deki Çingene nüfusu tam bilinmiyor. 2, hatta 5 milyon gibi rakamlar dolaşıyor Çingenelerin arasında.": http://webarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/2005/05/08/639714.asp
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