270 An Introduction To The Romani People
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Romani ethnic group, and should not be confused with
Romanians, an unrelated ethnic group and nation.
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The Romani are an ethnic group living mostly in
Europe. Romani are widely known in the
English-speaking world by the exonym "
Gypsies" (or
Gipsies) and also as
Romany,
Romanies,
Romanis, Roma or
Roms; in their
Romani language they are known collectively as
Romane or Rromane (depending on the dialect).
Romani are widely dispersed, with their largest concentrated populations in Europe, especially the Roma of
Central and Eastern Europe and
Anatolia, followed by the
Kale of
Iberia and
Southern France. They arrived in Europe from the
Middle East in the
15th century, separating from the
Dom people; the ancestors of both the Romani and the Dom left the northwestern
Indian Subcontinent roughly 1,
500 years ago.
Since the
19th century, some Romani have also migrated the
Americas. There are an estimated one million
Roma in the United States; and 800,
000 in
Brazil, most of whose ancestors emigrated in the nineteenth century from eastern Europe. Brazil also includes Romani descended from people deported by the government of
Portugal during the
Inquisition in the colonial era.[24] In migrations since the late nineteenth century, Romani have also moved to
Canada and countries in
South America.[25]
The Romani language is divided into several dialects, which add up to an estimated number of speakers larger than two million.[26] The total number of
Romani people is at least twice as large (several times as large according to high estimates). Many Romani are native speakers of the language current in their country of residence, or of mixed languages combining the two.
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Comment From aryan yazdan shared:
There is many many romanos in muslim nations !not only in europé . I am à iranian
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When I looked the only Romani I found in
Iran were bought from Ottoman Muslims as Muslims slaves (respected for their skill) and their progeny have been denigrate by the Shite Muslims
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Zargari people
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The Zargari people are a Romani-related ethnic group deriving from Zargar, Iran and neighboring villages. They speak a distinct
Zargari dialect of the
Romany language, most closely related to those of
Rumelia. Historical documentation of their origins is lacking, but one seemingly-accurate tradition traces their origins to three brothers, goldsmiths (
Persian: زرگر, zargar), who were brought from Ottoman-held Rumelia as hostages during the reign of
Nader Shah (1736-1747), and given pasture lands as a reward for their skills. As Romani, they were also exempted from taxation and military service. A late-19th century travel guide provides the only historical mention of the '
Zargari tribe', describing their propensity to road-piracy.
Although the Zargari once consisted of several clans, most of these have dispersed and lost their native language. The residents of Zargar predominantly belong to the Pāsālār clan.