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Romani people in Austria

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Romani people in Austria

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groupRomani people in Austria
image[[Image:Enfants Tsiganes (Autriche).jpg200px]]
captionChromolithograph of young Roma in Austria
population{{plainlist
langsRomani, Sintitikes, German
relsChristianity, Romani folklore
relatedRomani people in Germany, Romani people in Hungary, Romani people in Slovenia, Romani people in Switzerland
  • 40,000–50,000 }}

The Romani people in Austria () have lived in the country since the Middle Ages. According to the 2001 census, there were 6,273 Romani speakers in Austria, or less than 0.1% of the population. Estimations count between 10,000 and 25,000. A more recent estimation count between 40,000 and 50,000 Romani people or about 0.5%. Most indigenous Romani people in Austria belong to the Burgenland-Roma group in East-Austria. The majority live in the state of Burgenland, in the city of Oberwart and in villages next to the District of Oberwart. The Burgenland-Roma speak the Vlax Romani language.

In Upper Austria there are also some Sinti families with 80% of the Sinti speaking the Sinte Romani dialect of the Romani language.

Since 1960, there has also been a significant Roma population originally from former Yugoslavian countries, especially from Serbia (Gurbeti and Kalderash Roma-Groups) and Ashkali from Kosovo and also some from Turkey.

History

Origin

The Romani people originate from Northern India, presumably from the states of Rajasthan and Punjab.

The linguistic evidence has indisputably shown that roots of Romani language lie in India: the language has grammatical characteristics of Indian languages and shares a big part of the basic lexicon, for example, body parts or daily routines.

More exactly, Romani shares the basic lexicon with Hindi and Punjabi. It shares many phonetic features with Marwari, while its grammar is closest to Bengali.

Genetic findings in 2012 suggest the Romani migrated as a group. According to a genetic study in 2012, the ancestors of present scheduled tribes and scheduled caste populations of Northern India, traditionally referred to collectively as the Ḍoma, are the likely ancestral populations of modern European Roma.

In February 2016, during the International Roma Conference, the Indian Minister of External Affairs stated that the people of the Roma community were children of India. The conference ended with a recommendation to the Government of India to recognize the Roma community spread across 30 countries as a part of the Indian diaspora.

Romani history in Austria

Map of Europe showing Romani demographics

In the Habsburg monarchy under Maria Theresa (1740–1780), a series of decrees tried to force the Romanies to permanently settle, removed rights to horse and wagon ownership (1754), renamed them as "New Citizens" and forced Romani boys into military service if they had no trade (1761), forced them to register with the local authorities (1767), and prohibited marriage between Romanies (1773). Her successor Josef II prohibited the wearing of traditional Romani clothing and the use of the Romani language, punishable by flogging.

References

References

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  4. Hancock, Ian F.. (2005). "We are the Romani People". Univ of Hertfordshire Press.
  5. Mendizabal, Isabel. (6 December 2012). "Reconstructing the Population History of European Romani from Genome-wide Data". Current Biology.
  6. Sindya N. Bhanoo. (11 December 2012). "Genomic Study Traces Roma to Northern India". [[The New York Times]].
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  10. (1998). "Nástin mluvnice slovenské romštiny (pro pedagogické účely)". Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity J. E. Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem.
  11. Hübschmannová, Milena. (1995). "Romaňi čhib – romština: Několik základních informací o romském jazyku". Muzeum romské kultury.
  12. "5 Intriguing Facts About the Roma". Live Science.
  13. (2012). "The Phylogeography of Y-Chromosome Haplogroup H1a1a-M82 Reveals the Likely Indian Origin of the European Romani Populations". PLOS ONE.
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