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 Northern 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.
| 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. Children are not learning the language; it has been supplanted by Turkish in the north and Greek in the south.[1]
See also
References
- 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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