Sentence examples for roma language from inspiring English sources

But he is better known as Elvis Romano, an Elvis Presley impersonator and obsessive who performs the works of The King in the Roma language, which is widely spoken in the local gypsy community.

Because of a long history of invasions and colonizations, Roma language and music have been shaped by Indians, medieval Greeks, Huns, Persians, Bulgarians, Turks, Albanians, Americans.

Communism had its horrors for Roma, too: In preaching assimilation, it repressed Roma language and culture, paid women to be sterilized as a method of birth control and often took Roma children from their parents to raise them in orphanages, said Miroslav Lacko, a Roma activist in Slovakia.

This is not to say that Roma language has no significance whatsoever.

"I go to Roma language classes because I want to learn my language," she said.

Her school holds regular classes in Roma language and culture that students of many different backgrounds can attend.

And so the roughly dozen participants — including "gadji," or women of non-Roma origin — learned basic expressions in Romanés, the Romani language spoken in Abruzzo; gobbled up Roma cuisine; and were invited into Romani homes.

The standardization of Romani language is key for the preservation of Romani in the region and for its institutionalization and inclusion in school curricula, in line with the Action Plan on Educational Needs of Roma and Priorities of the Roma Decade 2005-2015.

Roma/Gypsies have roots in India, Romani language being closely related to Hindi.

Roma Radio The Roma, formerly known as gypsies, are one of Europe's forgotten minorities, and their resplendent musical culture and unique language are at risk.

Roma Rights, Roma Wrongs.