SLOVENIAN RROMA
The Rromani people are
divided into a
number of distinct populations, the largest being the Roma and the Iberian Calé or Caló, located originally, and currently still mostly, in Anatolia, Iberia, Central and Eastern Europe.There
is no official or reliable count of the Rromani populations worldwide
most Rroma refuse to register their ethnic identity in official censuses for
fear of discrimination
There are an estimated 12
to 15 million Rromani peoplein Europe and Asia Minor (as
of 2000s), although some estimates by Rromani organizations give numbers as
high as 14 million. Significant Rromanipopulations
are found in the Balkan peninsula, in some
Central European states, in Spain, France, Russia,
and Ukraine. Several
more million Romanies may live out of Europe, particularly in the Middle East and
in the Americas.The Rromani people recognize divisions among themselves based in part on territorial, cultural
and dialectal differences
and self-designation. The main branches are:
1. Rroma, crystallized in Eastern Europe and Central Italy,
emigrated also (mostly from the 19th century onwards), in the rest of Europe,
but also on the other continents;
2. Iberian Kale, mostly in Spain (see Romani people in Spain), but also in Portugal (see Romani people in
Portugal), Southern France and Latin America;
Among Rromanies there
are further internal differentiations, lik
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Lumijakhere Rroma
Lumijakhere Rroma