Romani vocabulary documented in Caló and other Iberian Para-Romani varieties

Abstract

The paper introduces to the problematic of the lexicon of the Spanish Caló (mixed language of Spanish and Romani) and in a minor extent also of the other Iberian Para-Romani varieties. Its objective is to provide a basic summary of Romani etymologies and their documented Ibero-Romani counterparts.

The paper is based on huge amount of sources on the Iberian Para-Romani varieties.

Keywords

• Caló
• Iberian Para-Romani varieties
• etymology
• Romani
• Spanish
• language contact
• mixed language