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Record 1 2012-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

The Indic language of the Gypsies, a member of a nomadic, Caucasoid people who migrated originally from India, settling in various parts of Asia, Europe, and, most recently, North America.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue indo-aryenne parlée par les Tsiganes, peuple de nomades vivant dans différentes parties de l'Asie, de l'Europe et de l'Amérique du Nord.

OBS

Le tsigane tire son origine de la langue des tribus nomades banjaras originaires de l'Inde du Nord-Ouest. Sans tradition écrite, le tsigane est resté très vivant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicolingüística, sociolingüística y etnolingüística
CONT

La lengua romaní [...] está relacionada con las lenguas indoarias septentrionales, siendo hablada en los cinco continentes por los gitanos [...] quienes son considerados generalmente de origen hindú. Las mayores concentraciones de hablantes [de] romaní se dan en Europa oriental. Al ser la lengua de un pueblo minoritario y muchas veces marginado ha recibido poco reconocimiento legal.

CONT

El romaní se ha convertido en una red de quizás más de sesenta dialectos, divididos en una veintena de grupos [...] ha llegado a estar tan impregnado de elementos de las lenguas con las que ha estado en contacto que muchos hablantes de romaní difícilmente podrían comunicarse con los de otros lugares.

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Record 2 2011-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
  • Political Geography and Geopolitics
OBS

A member of a wandering people having dark skin and black hair who originally migrated to Europe from N. India in the 15th and 16th centuries.

OBS

traveller: the politically correct term for Gypsy.

OBS

Gypsies have been known as "travellers" or "travelling people" since the eighteenth century and it is their own name for themselves. [However,] it appears that proper gypsies do not mind being called 'gypsies', [since] gypsies are ... recognized as an ethnic group and thus protected from discrimination under the British 1976 Race Relations Act.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
  • Géographie politique et géopolitique
OBS

Les Tziganes, nom d'un peuple [...] venu de l'Inde, apparu d'abord en Grèce et en Europe orientale vers la fin du XIIIe siècle, au XVe siècle en Europe occidentale, qui a mené une existence de nomades exerçant diverses activités (artisanat, spectacle).

OBS

Gitan; Gitane : terminologie employée en France et en Espagne.

OBS

Tzigane; Tsigane : terminologie employée dans le reste de l'Europe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres de habitantes y nombres de pueblos
  • Geografía política y geopolítica
OBS

gitano; itinerante: términos generalmente utilizados en plural.

Key term(s)
  • gitanos
  • itinerantes
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