RGE ISO 639-3
Romano-Greek
A language of Greece
- ISO 639
- rge
- Alternate Names
- Hellenoromani, Romika
- Population
- 30 (2000).
- Location:
- Thessaly and Central Greece Administrative Unit; secret language, itinerant builders, especially in Evrytania and Fthiotis.
- Language Status
- 8b (Nearly extinct).
- Classification
- Mixed language, Greek-Romani
- Dialects
- None known. Structured on Greek [ell] with heavy Romani lexicon.
- Language Use
- Used only as a secret language. Shifted to Greek [ell].
- Other Comments
- Related variants are Dortika, a secret language spoken by wandering builders from Eurytania Prefecture, and Kaliarda, spoken in Athens. Both may no longer be anyone’s L1.
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Location: Thessaly and Central Greece Administrative Unit; secret language, itinerant builders, especially in Evrytania and Fthiotis.
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