Some linguistic peculiarities of Romani-origin words in the ethnolinguistic repertoire of the Romungros

Baló, A. Márton and Bodnárová, Zuzana (2025) Some linguistic peculiarities of Romani-origin words in the ethnolinguistic repertoire of the Romungros. ACTA LINGUISTICA ACADEMICA, 72 (4). pp. 534-558. ISSN 2559-8201

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Abstract

This paper describes some linguistic peculiarities of Romani-origin words in the ethnolinguistic repertoire of the Romungros (ERR), a non-standard Hungarian variety spoken by the descendants of South Central Romani speakers. Based on empirical data, we examine various linguistic features, showing that ERR ex hibits reduced morphological complexity alongside increased lexical and phonological complexity. We demonstrate that the innovative features of ERR, such as its flexibility in incorporating Romani roots, the use and the reinterpretation of Romani linguistic features and the violations of the grammatical rules of standard Hungarian are rooted in linguistic creativity and serve to mark group identity.

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