Happy November 5, International Day of the Roma Language, to the citizens belonging to the Roma community in the Republic of North Macedonia.
Bahtalo 5 novembro, sumnaleskoro dive bashi romani chib.
Today we celebrate the International Day of the Romani Language and Culture, as part of our Macedonian cultural wealth and the wealth of all humanity.
The Romani language (originally: rromani ćhib) is the mother tongue of the Roma. It is part of the Indo-Aryan group of languages, more precisely it is classified as either the Central Indo-Aryan languages or the Northwest Indo-Aryan languages. Quite often it is also classified as its own separate language branch due to the large number of related language varieties.
According to ISO standards, the language is placed in the group of macro languages and consists of seven sub-languages or major dialects. The largest dialect is Vlach-Skorom with about 1.5 million speakers, followed by Balkan-rom, Karpatrrom, Sintrom, Welsh-rom, Kalo-Finnish and Balticrom.
On that occasion, today 04.11.2022 - Friday, starting at 1 p.m., the Government of the Republic of Macedonia is holding an event and panel discussion on this day. The organizer is the Network for Systemic and Permanent Solutions and the Government of RS Macedonia.
