Quinqui

QUQ

vigorous

Genealogy:

Unclassified

Language Use: Blended language of urban ex-nomadic groups.

Nation of Origin: Spain

Other Comments: Contains elements of Caló , and Germania argot. Used to be tinsmiths; the name comes from ‘quincalleria’, ironmongery. Ethnonym: mercheros, preferred. Not Rom or Gypsies.