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How knowing Hindi improves learning of the Romani language

Romany is an Indian language which has spread through the whole of Europe and many other parts of the world. It is a New Indo-Aryan language, therefore its grammatical forms can be traced through the Middle Indo-Aryan languages (Prakrits) to the Old Indo-Aryan language (Sanskrit). Due to continuous migrations of the Romas during the past, Romany contains many loanwords from Persian, Greek, Romance and Slavic languages, but preserves the basic grammatical structure of an Indian language and a part of the Indian vocabulary. Nowadays, educated Romas use also Hindi and Sanskrit loanwords to enrich their vocabulary, the same way Hindi speakers use Sanskritisms. Therefore, the Romany vocabulary contains Romany words (tadbhava), Sanskritisms (tatsama) and foreign loanwords (videśī). Since Romany is a New Indo-Aryan language whose vocabulary is enriched by Hindi and Sanskrit words, Hindi speakers who learn Romany can understand the language much easier and also learn the vocabulary much faster than other learners

Hindi ; Romany language

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