Volohi
The Volohi, locally also known as White Gypsies, are an ethnic subgroup living in subcarpathian Ukraine, a few kilometers away from the eastern border with Slovakia. They are considered Romanian by the Romanian media, although Ukrainian researchers consider them a Romani subgroup, possibly of Boyash origin. They speak an archaic Romanian language. They mainly live in Poroshkovo, with smaller communities in the villages along the Uzh river valley.[1][3][2]
Volohi | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Countries | |
 Ukraine | 1,600-2,000[1][2] |
| Languages | |
| Romanian, Ukrainian | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Romanians, other Eastern Romance peoples, Romani people | |
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