Full Description
The interest in Romani, the language of the Roma or "Gypsies", has grown considerably in recent years. Romani has drawn attention from a.o. grammarians, sociolinguists, Indologists, language contact researchers, language planners, educators, typologists and historical linguists.This Indic language is spoken by between five and ten million people world-wide. The bibliography also covers two other Indic languages spoken by peripatetic groups, Dom or Domari from the Middle East, and Lomavren or Bosha of Eastern Turkey and Armenia.The bibliography contains over 2500 titles in more than thirty languages, published between 1900 to 2003. English translations are provided for all titles written in less common languages. There are indexes for general and linguistic terms, Romani varieties, other languages and geographical terms.The book further contains a very useful "Guide to Romani Linguistics", which should enable newcomers to enter this highly interesting field by pointing to the essential titles in different subject areas.
Contents
1. 1. Introduction; 2. 2. Abbreviations used for journal titles; 3. 3. A list of the keywords and their explanation; 4. A guide to Romani linguistics; 5. Bibliography of modern Romani linguistics; 6. Index of linguistic and general terms, Romani varieties, other languages and geographical terms; 7. Index of general terms; 8. Index of Romani varieties; 9. Index of languages; 10. Index of geographical names
