Caló language
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Caló is a mixed language spoken by the gitanos of Spain and the ciganos of Portugal. In Romani linguistics, it is considered a Para-Romani language based on Romance grammar, with an adstratum of Roman
Lessons in Caló and Iberian Romani offered in a Barcelona library
Romani people in Spain
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The Romani in Spain, known as Calé or gitanos belong to the Iberian Romani subgroup known as Calé, with smaller populations in Portugal and in Southern France. Their sense of identity and cohesion ste
Caló language
…Caló (English: ; Spanish: ; Catalan: ; Galician: ; Portuguese: ; French: ) is a mixed language spoken by the gitanos of Spain and the ciganos of Portugal. In Romani linguistics, it is considered a Para-Romani language based on Romance grammar, with an adstratum of…
Romani people in Spain, 1930s
España cañí, Spanish for "Gipsy Spain", including the Caló word cañí is the name of this bar in Madrid featuring a reproduction of Cante jondo, a 1929 painting by Julio Romero de Torres displaying stereotypes associated with Flamenco.
The ballet dancer Carlotta Grisi as the Romani Paquita (1844)