Roma people
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Gypsies (alternatively Roma people) are a wandering people found mainly in Eurasia, but also in the rest of the world.
The 18th century idea about the Indian birth of the Roma is based on the likeness between Romani[1] and languages spoken in the Indian subcontinent and is supported by genetic evidence.
Individual groups can be classified into big groups of groups: the Roma of East European birth[2]; the Sinti in Germany and Manouches in France and Catalonia; the Kaló in Spain, Ciganos in Portugal and Gitans of southern France; and the Romanichals of Britain[3].
The Roma language is made official by many countries of Europe under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages[4].
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- Monitoring Minority Protection in EU Member States: The Situation of Roma in Spain
- The Health of Gypsies: Problem of caring for travellers is also British, not just European
[change] Notes and references
- ↑ Patrin glossary
- ↑ Morar B et al. 2004. Mutation History of the Roma/Gypsies. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 75:596–609.
- ↑ Kalaydjieva L, Gresham D, and Calafell F. 2001. BMC Medical Genetics , 2:5doi:10.1186/1471-2350-2-5
- ↑ Patrin: A Brief History of the Roma
