| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Romania, Hungary, Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, Czechia, Germany, Croatia, Serbia | |
| Languages | |
| Vlax Romani | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (predominately Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity) [1] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Romani peoples |
Lovari ("horse-dealer", from Hungarian "ló", horse) is a subgroup of the Romani people, who speak their own dialect, influenced by Hungarian and West Slavic dialects. They live predominantly throughout Central Europe ( Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Germany) [2] as well as in Southeastern Europe ( Romania, Croatia, and northern Serbia). [3] [4]
Ethnology
The Lovari are a Romani people who speak a dialect influenced by Hungarian and West Slavic dialects. Their language is classified under Vlax Romani. [5] The Lovari are further divided into the Machvaya, named after the Mačva region, which they settled from modern day Hungary.
See also
References
- ^ "Первое Арбитражное Учреждение - Авторизация".
- ^ Historical Dictionary of the Gypsies (Romanies) (PDF).
- ^ Baló, Márton András (2015). "The nominal morphology of Lovari from an analogical perspective". Acta Linguistica Hungarica. 62 (4): 395–414. doi: 10.1556/064.2015.62.4.2. JSTOR 26191784.
- ^ Óhidy, Andrea; Forray, Katalin R. (30 September 2019). Lifelong Learning and the Roma Minority in Central and Eastern Europe. Emerald Group. ISBN 9781838672591.
- ^ "Lovara [Rombase]". Rombase.uni-graz.at. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
Bibliography
- Yoors Jan. The Gypsies. New York. 1983. ISBN 9780671493356
External links
| Authority control databases: National |
|---|
 | This Romani-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |