mustalaiskieli
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]mustalais- (“Romani”) + kieli (“language”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈmustɑlɑi̯sˌkie̯li/, [ˈmus̠tɑ̝lɑ̝i̯s̠ˌk̟ie̞̯li]
- Rhymes: -ieli
- Syllabification(key): mus‧ta‧lais‧kie‧li
Noun
[edit]mustalaiskieli (colloquial)
- Romani (language)
Usage notes
[edit]- The term mustalainen (“gypsy”) has a negative connotation, and thus the terms romanikieli or romani are recommendable.
- The variant of Romani spoken by the Finnish Roma is called in Finnish Suomen romanikieli (“Kalo Finnish Romani”).
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mustalaiskieli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03