Romani Latin alphabet
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The Romani alphabet (Romani šib) is the official standard alphabet for writing the Romani language, in all of its many dialects. It is derived from the Latin alphabet, and has 46 characters. The alphabet was standardized in 1990 at the Fourth World Romani Congress held in Serock, Poland.
Its 46 uppercase characters are:
A Ä B C Ć Č D Ď E Ê F G Ǧ H I Î J K Ǩ L Ľ M N Ň O Ö P P̌ Q R Ŕ Ř S Ś Š T Ť U Ü V W X Y Z Ź Ž
with the following lowercase forms:
a ä b c ć č d ď e ê f g ǧ h i î j k ǩ l ľ m n ň o ö p p̌ q r ŕ ř s ś š t ť u ü v w x y z ź ž.
Twenty of the 46 characters in the Romani alphabet are accented, namely:
- versions with caron of the letters C, D, G, K, L, N, P, R, S, T and Z,
- umlauted versions of the letters A, O and U,
- E and I with circumflexes, and
- C, R, S and Z with acute accents.
Exceptions
Two of seven Romani languages do not use this alphabet: the Carpathian Romani language and the Kalo Finnish Romani language. Both languages also use the Latin, but the Carpathian Romani alphabet has twelve letters less than the alphabet of the six other Romani languages. The alphabet of Kalo Finnish Romani is based on the Finnish alphabet with the letter H with caron added.See also
- Carpathian Romani alphabet
- Kalo Finnish Romani alphabet
- International Romani Union
External links
- [Unicode test page and transliteration / transcription tables for writing systems (alphabets, abjads, syllabaries) of various languages]
- [Michael Everson's page for Romani alphabets]
- [World: Roma Find They Speak A Common Language]
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