Starting from the detailed classification approaches in the corresponding section (" Approaches for the classification of the romany languages"), and following the description of the famous magazine" Ethnologue , the concrete situation of the romaní will be detailed in Europe in function of the following pillars:
Main romany varieties and countries where they are spoken
Number of speakers, in each country, of each one of these main varieties
Languages that they coexists with the romany languages in each country
INDO-EUROPEAN PHILO
>INDOARIA FAMILY>CENTRAL SUBFAMILY>ROMANY GROUP:
Population: 1.500.000 in all countries (1986)
Dialects: sedentary rumanian, kalderash (Written Sample), ukrano-moldavo, western, churari, lovari, machvano, albanian northem, albanian south, serbo-bosnio, zagundzi, sedentary búlgarian, ghadar, grekurja
Countries of the european continent: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgary, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal.
Population: 1.000.000 in all countries (1980)
Dialects: arlija, dzambazi, tinners romany,xoraxané, sepecides.
Countries of the european continent: Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Bulgary, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Moldavia, Romania, Turkey (the european part), Ukraine.
Population: Non calculated
Dialects: burgenland, vend, prekmurje
Countries of the european continent: Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Bohemia, Carpats, Moravia, Czech Republic, Austria.
BALTIC SUBGROUP
Population: 100.000
Dialects: romany latvio (letorromaní), northem russian romany, white russian romany, estonian romany, polish romany (baltorromany).
Countries of the european continent: Poland, Baltic Region, central and south parts, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia y Ukraine.
Population: 241.000 or more
Dialects: moravian romany, slovak romany of Est, slovak romany of west.
Countries of the european continent: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bohemia, central region, Moravia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Ukraine.
Population: 8.000
Dialects: kalo-finnish romany
European countries: Finland, Sweden.
Population: 200.000 (1980)
Dialects: abbruzzesi (Written Sample), eslovenian-croatian romany, serbian romany.
Countries of the european continent: Kósovo, Yugoslavia, Serbia, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhastán, Holland, Poland, Slovenia, Switzerland.
Population: Non calculated
Dialects: welsh romany
Countries of the european continent: United Kingdom and Gales
SUBGROUP ANGLO-SAXON
(english para-variety)
Population: Between 170.000 and 270.000
Dialects: Anglo-romany (Grammar Notes) (Sonorous Samples) (Written Samples)
Countries of the european continent: United Kingdom and Gales
SUBGRUPO IBERIAN / WESTERN
(spanish, french and portuguesse para-varieties)
Population: between 65.000 and 170.000
Dialects: spanish caló,portuguesse caló, catalan caló, basque caló, brasilian caló.
(Written Samples of one caló)
Countries of the european continent: Spain, France, Portugal
- Information taken and adapted of"Ethnologue"