Kurbet language
Kurbetcha (or Gurbetcha) is a creole language with what appears to be predominantly Romani vocabulary and Cypriot Turkish grammar, spoken by the Gurbeti (Muslim Roma) of Cyprus. The Kurbet/Gurbeti have traditionally also spoken Turkish. Some of them were settled at the end of the 17th century in Ottoman Balkan. The majority settled in the north after 1974. The language is not protected by the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, unlike Cypriot Maronite Arabic and Armenian.[1]
| Kurbetcha | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Cyprus |
| Ethnicity | Kurbet/Gurbeti (Cypriot Muslim Roma) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Kurbetcha has been very little studied. A recent dissertation on its linguistics was done by Chryso Pelekani.[2] Children are not learning the language; it has been supplanted by Turkish in the north and Greek in the south.[3]
See also
References
- European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (28 April 2020). "States Parties to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages and their regional or minority languages (listed by language on p.6)".
- Pelekani, Chryso (2018). The Gurbetties of Cyprus and their language Gurbetcha. University of Cyprus.
- Hadjioannou, Xenia; Tsiplakou, Stavroula; Kappler, Matthias (2011). "Language policy and language planning in Cyprus". Current Issues in Language Planning. Routledge. 12 (4): 503–569. doi:10.1080/14664208.2011.629113. hdl:10278/29371. S2CID 143966308.
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