Tag Archives: Romanes

Bosnia News Eastern Europe

Bosnia and Hercegovina – Romanes Day

Published by:

Bosnia and Hercegovina – Romanes Day

A very small number of Roma speak their mother tongue. The question is why this is so. Are the Roma additionally exposed to discrimination due to the use of the Romani language, or is it not being given enough attention? And the activities so far have not produced concrete results.

Ago and Beko from Kakanj speak the Romany language every day, thereby emphasizing their tradition, and the language is passed down from generation to generation in their family. “It’s important for us, it’s part of our tradition. The first language is Romanes, and then it gradually goes to Bosnian.”

Kosovo News Eastern Europe

Kosovo, Romanes, and Music

Published by:

Kosovo, Romanes, and Music

With a part of this musical opus, the International Day of Roma Language and Culture was marked by the ensemble “Egnatia”. The program included poetry in the Romani language as the chosen form for its promotion.

News Switzerland

Switzerland: Advertisement

Published by:

Switzerland: Advertisement

The Swiss online shop and portal Galaxus launched a new advertising campaign in Switzerland with their usual slogan of “almost everything for everyone”.

What is different this time, is that each of these posters which can be seen everywhere in Switzerland, is in languages spoken in Switzerland. And that goes way beyond French, German, Italian and Romantsch. As far as having one of these advertisements in Romanes …

News Eastern Europe North Macedonia

North Macedonia and Romanes

Published by:

North Macedonia and Romanes

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski of North macedonia emphasised at the commemoration of the International Day of the Romani Language that taking care of the language is also taking care of the future of Roma culture and its values. With the support of education, cultural manifestations and international initiatives, he said we can be sure that the Romani language will continue to be part of our cultural wealth.

Europe

Conference on Romanes

Published by:

Conference on Romanes

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), in partnership with the Council of Europe’s Roma and Travellers Division and the Division of National Minorities and Minority Languages, proudly presents the 5th International Conference – Safeguarding Romani Language. November 5th and 6th.

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

International Romani Language Day

Published by:

International Romani Language Day

An article in the Slovak press on the creation and adoption of November 5th as the international Romanes Day.

News Eastern Europe Slovenia

Romanes Day in Slovenia

Published by:

Romanes Day in Slovenia

On today’s World Day of the Romani Language, the need to preserve this language, which is on the verge of disappearing in Slovenia due to many factors, is becoming increasingly evident. According to Roma assistant Bojana Rozman, Roma is heard less and less, as young people rarely use it, and the school system neglects the Romani language. Also, the language is changing rapidly, modern expressions are entering, as a result of which its authenticity can be nullified.

Croatia News Eastern Europe

Romanes Day and Croatia

Published by:

Romanes Day and Croatia

An article about Roma in Croatia, stating there are 18’000 of them (based on census or how?) and about the celebration of the November 5th Romanes day. They say that the date was chosen because of the publication of the first Roma-Croatian and Croatian-Roma dictionary by Veljko Kajtazi in 2008 and because in 2012, the Croatian Parliament was the first to support the initiative for the international celebration of the World Roma Language Day. In 2015, UNESCO did the same.

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Education and Minorities

Published by:

Education and Minorities

An article about the issue of seggregated schools versus the right to being taucht in one’s language. Background is the current drive by the Fico government to set up a school in Eastern Slovakia where teaching will be done in Romanes.

This is a false debate. All Roma who speak Romanes are dual language speakers. They speak the local language and Romanes. Desegregation is thus the key here, together with some courses about Romanes. Segregation and Romanes only schools will certainly no solve any issue.

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Google Translate

Published by:

Google Translate

In June, Google announced that it had expanded the language palette of Google Translate by 110 languages. One of them is Romanes. According to linguist Viktor Elšík, it is good that the Romani language is represented in a virtual public space. However, Elšík adds that it is necessary to take into account the fact that the translations are not according to the north-central Romani language, which is used in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Well, in fact, the Romanes used in Google translate does not correspond to any single dialect of Romanes. It is a mix of all dialects.

News Eastern Europe Poland

Jerzy Ficowski

Published by:

Jerzy Ficowski

The Association of Roma in Poland reacted to the accusations against Jerzy Ficowski published in a book by Dr. Emilia Kledzik, who accused Jerzy Ficowski of excessive interference in the translation of the works of Papusza, i.e. Bronisława Wajs, using the word “forgery”.

The Association stated that “We believe that the allegations presented are unfair and require taking into account the appropriate historical context.”

News Eastern Europe Poland

Papuša

Published by:

Papuša

Bronisława Wajs (Papusza) is one of the best know Romani poets. She owes part of the fame to Jerzy Ficowski, a Polish poet and ethnographer who published her poetry. In the article here,  Emilia Kledzik, a professor in the university of Poznan, claims that the poetry were largely constructed by Jerzy Ficowski.

She even uses the word “forgeries”.

Bulgaria News Eastern Europe

Bulgaria, Roma, and Google

Published by:

Bulgaria, Roma, and Google

Two articles in the Bulgarian media about the introduction of Romanes in Google translate. “I’m looking for a job” or “Rodav buti” – so everyone with Romani language can now help themselves with Google translator.

“This is a recognition, a sense of self-confidence for the Roma, that their language is important, that the language is part of the culture, part of the worldview, and that they are on equal footing with other peoples,” says Ognyan Isaev from the “Trust for a Social Alternative” foundation.

Bulgaria News Eastern Europe

Google Translate in Bulgaria

Published by:

Google Translate in Bulgaria

Two articles about Google Translate introducing Romanes.

Europe News Americas News Asia News Eastern Europe News Middle East News Switzerland News Western Europe

Google Translate Romanes

Published by:

Google Translate Romanes

Nice to see that google translate allows for translations in Romanes. It definitively has a bias towards Vlach Romanes, which is not the most common Romanes, but this is a good start! The choices of words on World, to think, and a few others show this bias, but on the other hand, they still use the old Romanes for “life”, which is not Vlach.

Wonder how this was compiled…

News Americas News Asia News Eastern Europe News Western Europe

Google and Romanes

Published by:

Google Translate Romanes

Romanes is finally in Google Translate: The biggest language expansion in history! Google added 110 new languages.

rroma.org
en_GBEN
de_DEDE fr_FRFR en_GBEN