Welsh Romany (or Welsh Romani) is a variety of the Romany language which was spoken fluently in Wales until at least 1950. It was spoken by the Kale group of the Roma people who arrived in Britain during the 15th century. The first record of Gypsies in Wales comes from the 16th century.

The majority of the vocabulary is of Indo-Aryan origin but there are a number of loanwords from other languages. Welsh loanwords include melanō ("yellow", from melyn), grīga ("heather", from grug) and kraŋka ("crab", from cranc). There are also English loanwords such as vlija ("village"), spīdra ("spider") and bråmla ("bramble").

References

External links

• Welsh Romany entry at Ethnologue
• Welsh Romany word list
• Romani Cymru

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