Romani people in Romania
Romani people in Romania are Romanian citizens who are of Romani descent. The Roma are one of Romania's largest minorities. The Roma are the second largest ethnic group in Romania after Hungarians. According to the 2011 census, 621,573 Roma lived in Romania. They constitute 3.08% of the total Romanian population.[1] The Turkish speaking Muslim Xoraxane Roma, lives in Dobruja and made 1,8% of the population.[2] The size of the total population of people with Romani ancestry in Romania is even more, with different estimates varying from 4.6 percent to over 10 percent of the population, because many people of Romani descent do not declare themselves Roma.[3][4] For example, in 2007 the Council of Europe estimated that approximately 1.85 million Roma lived in Romania,[5] based on an average between the lowest estimate (1.2 to 2.2 million people[6]) and the highest estimate (1.8 to 2.5 million people[7]) available at the time. This figure is equivalent to 8.32% of the population.[8][9] On the other hand, less than half are native speakers of the Romani language.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "A brief history of Roma people in Romania". 17 December 2019.
- ↑ Oprisan, Ana. "The Muslim Gypsies in Romania".
- ↑ Margaret Beissinger, Speranta Radulescu, Anca Giurchescu, Manele in Romania: Cultural Expression and Social Meaning in Balkan Popular Music, Rowman & Littlefield, 2016, p. 33, ISBN 9781442267084
- ↑ Holly Cartner, Destroying Ethnic Identity: The Persecution of Gypsies in Romania, a Helsinki Watch Report Human Rights Watch, 1991, p. 5, ISBN 9781564320377
- ↑ Council of Europe - Roma and Travellers
- ↑ Council of Europe, doc. GT-ROMS(2003)9-prov. (restricted) 17 September 2003.
- ↑ Liégeois, Jean-Pierre (1994). "Roma, Gypsies, Travellers", p. 34.
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: National strategy for Roma Integration". European Commission. European Union. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ↑ "Roma inclusion in Romania". European Commission.
