Elements of Croatian Influence in the Vernaculars of Boyash Roma from Beli Manastir Cover Image

Elementi utjecaja hrvatskog jezika na govor bajaša u Belom Manastiru
Elements of Croatian Influence in the Vernaculars of Boyash Roma from Beli Manastir

Author(s): Petar Radosavljević
Subject(s): Social history, Lexis, Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Philology
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: Elements of Croatian Influence; Vernaculars of Boyash Roma; Beli Manastir;

Summary/Abstract: The Boyash Roma from Croatia represent a specific group of Roma because their maternal language is a Romanian dialect. The present article gives basic information on this ethnic group. Because they are speakers of Romanian vernaculars, but in Croatia, without close connections to other speakers of Romanian (except in the local community), the influence of Croatian can be seen in their vernacular. This is illustrated through examples from the corpus obtained in the city of Beli Manastir.

  • Issue Year: XLV/2009
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 79-88
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Croatian