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Roma people

Romani people
Romani flag created in 1933 and accepted at the 1971 World Romani Congress
Total population
2–20 million
Regions with significant populations
 Turkey2,750,000
 Romania1,850,000
 Bulgaria750,000[1]
 Spain725,000[2]
 Russia720,000
 Hungary700,000[3]
 Slovakia500,000[4]
 France400,000[5]
 Greece265,000[6]
 Czech Republic250,000[7]
 Italy140,000[8]
 Germany105,000[9]
Languages
Romani, languages of native regions
Religion
mainly Christianity and Islam, minorities practice Buddhism, Judaism and Bahá'í Faith
Encampment of Gypsies with Caravans by Vincent van Gogh (1888)
A Romani settlement/camp in a park in Stockholm (1931)
Three Finnish Romani women in Helsinki, Finland (1930s)
Romani prisoners at Belzec extermination camp (1940)
A Dutch Romani girl is deported to Auschwitz extermination camp (1944)
A Romani camp in Wales (1953)
A Romanichal wagon at the Great Dorset Steam Fair (2007)
Two Romani women dance at the Festival Romani in Portland (2013)
Logo for the World Day of Romani Language (2024)

The Roma, or Romani people, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group. The Roma originated from India, but they migrated westward around 500 AD and arrived in Europe around 1000 AD.[10]

  1. ↑ "Bulgaria". commission.europa.eu.
  2. ↑ "Spain". commission.europa.eu.
  3. ↑ "Hungary". commission.europa.eu.
  4. ↑ "Slovakia". commission.europa.eu.
  5. ↑ "France". commission.europa.eu.
  6. ↑ "Greece". commission.europa.eu.
  7. ↑ "Czech Republic". commission.europa.eu.
  8. ↑ "Italy". commission.europa.eu.
  9. ↑ "Germany". commission.europa.eu.
  10. ↑ "The Lost Tribes of India". 2 June 2004.

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