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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008005826
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2008005826#concept
Variants
- Jenisch language
- Yenish language
- Yenishe language
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Sources
- found: Work cat.: Bader, C. Yeńiches. 2007:p. 35 etc. (the determining and perhaps sole determinant of Yeniche identity is their secret language or sociolect; the Romany speak a language incomprehensible to the Yeniches)
- found: Ethnologue online (30 July 2008):(Yeniche, a language of Germany. Alternate names Jenisch, Yenishe, German Travellers... German with a heavy cryptolectal lexical influsion from Rotwelsch, Yiddish, Romani, and Hebrew. Classification: Mixed Language, German-Yiddish-Romani-Rotwelsch. A blend language of certain urban nomadic groups. Not Gypsies. Possibly arose as a result of those who were dispossessed because of the Hanseatic laws (I. Hancock). They are a distinct ethnic group)
- found: Role of the Romanies, 2005:page 145 (Yenish language)
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Change Notes
- 2008-07-31: new
- 2017-08-14: revised
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