La langue romani dans la situation linguistique en Bulgarie

The aim of the article is to describe the status of the Romani language in the Bulgarian linguistic situation. The first part presents the Romani language among the languages spoken in the European Union. In certain countries of the EU the Roma are defined as a European minority. Their language real...

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Main Author: Krasimira Aleksova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: OpenEdition 2011-12-01
Series:Recherches
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/cher/12688
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description The aim of the article is to describe the status of the Romani language in the Bulgarian linguistic situation. The first part presents the Romani language among the languages spoken in the European Union. In certain countries of the EU the Roma are defined as a European minority. Their language really exists in the form of several dialects. It is recognized as a nonofficial minority language in many countries but it is not an offical language in any country. Today approximately 99% of Bulgarian Roma live a sedentary life and are present in almost any place. In Bulgaria the Romani dialects are the second minority group after the Turkish dialects. The principal Roma groups and their dialects in Bulgaria are presented in this article. In Bulgaria most Roma are bilingual. They speak their Romani dialect and Bulgarian which is the official language. Some Roma groups in North-Eastern Bulgaria are trilingual – they speak a Romani dialect, a Turkish dialect and a Bulgarian interdialect or dialect. The languages spoken by Bulgarian Roma – bilingual and multilingual – obey a hierarchical relation and are functionally differentiated.
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spelling doaj.art-addddf7a92de4fa4be428dea139817252022-12-22T03:29:37ZengOpenEditionRecherches1968-035X2803-59922011-12-01710311910.4000/cher.12688La langue romani dans la situation linguistique en BulgarieKrasimira AleksovaThe aim of the article is to describe the status of the Romani language in the Bulgarian linguistic situation. The first part presents the Romani language among the languages spoken in the European Union. In certain countries of the EU the Roma are defined as a European minority. Their language really exists in the form of several dialects. It is recognized as a nonofficial minority language in many countries but it is not an offical language in any country. Today approximately 99% of Bulgarian Roma live a sedentary life and are present in almost any place. In Bulgaria the Romani dialects are the second minority group after the Turkish dialects. The principal Roma groups and their dialects in Bulgaria are presented in this article. In Bulgaria most Roma are bilingual. They speak their Romani dialect and Bulgarian which is the official language. Some Roma groups in North-Eastern Bulgaria are trilingual – they speak a Romani dialect, a Turkish dialect and a Bulgarian interdialect or dialect. The languages spoken by Bulgarian Roma – bilingual and multilingual – obey a hierarchical relation and are functionally differentiated.http://journals.openedition.org/cher/12688romani languagelinguistic situationdialectbilingualism
spellingShingle Krasimira Aleksova
La langue romani dans la situation linguistique en Bulgarie
Recherches
romani language
linguistic situation
dialect
bilingualism
title La langue romani dans la situation linguistique en Bulgarie
title_full La langue romani dans la situation linguistique en Bulgarie
title_fullStr La langue romani dans la situation linguistique en Bulgarie
title_full_unstemmed La langue romani dans la situation linguistique en Bulgarie
title_short La langue romani dans la situation linguistique en Bulgarie
title_sort la langue romani dans la situation linguistique en bulgarie
topic romani language
linguistic situation
dialect
bilingualism
url http://journals.openedition.org/cher/12688
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