Alternate Names: Anglo-Romani, English Romani, Gypsy Jib, Pogadi Chib, Posh ‘N’ Posh, Romani, Romani English, Romanichal, Romano Lavo, Romany
Dialects: Not inherently intelligible with Welsh Romani ,, Traveller Swedish ,, Traveller Norwegian ,, or Traveller Danish ,. Grammar is English with heavy Romani lexical borrowing. Many dialects.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 90,000 in United Kingdom (Hancock 1990). Population total all countries: 197,900.
Language Use: Spoken in the United Kingdom for 500 years. The Romanichal population must be considered as being more actively determined to retain the ethnic language than some other British minorities (Hancock 1990).
Language Development: Bible portions: 1973–1981.
Nation of Origin: United Kingdom
Other Comments: Christian.