Yeniche

YEC

vigorous

Alternate Names: German Travellers, Jenisch, Yenishe

Dialects: None known. German with a heavy cryptolectal lexical influsion from Traveller Danish ,, Western Yiddish ,, Vlax Romani ,, and Hebrew ,.

Genealogy:

Mixed language
German-Yiddish-Romani-Rotwelsch

Demographics: 16,000 in Germany (2006).

Language Use: The L1 of some (1977 The Carrier Pidgin).

Nation of Origin: Germany

Other Comments: A mixed language of certain urban nomadic groups. Not Gypsies. Possibly arose as a result of those who were dispossessed due to the Hanseatic laws (1999 I. Hancock). A distinct ethnic group.