Romani girl from Kosovo goes to India to discover her roots
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- čas přidán 19. 12. 2011
- Romani Gypsy from Kosovo goes to The Panjab region of Northwest India to have her DNA tested and discover the land of her forefathers.
The Romani language is of a Rajasthani / Panjabi origin.
It is believed the Romani left India in approximately 1026ad due to invasion of Islam into the lands. Believed to be of Indian military status, the Romani made a quick journey into what is now Turkey where they lived alongside Greek speaking Byzantines and Armenians. They lived in what is now Turkey for nearly 300 years before a series of Earthquakes weakened the lands and this land also fell threat to Islamic invasion, the Romani left for Europe and arrived in around 1300ad where they settled into the Balkan Regions of Greece and Albania. From here the Romani have spread the length of Europe and onto European colonies where they have survived as a people related through blood, culture and language. Recent testing of Romani DNA has also supported and confirmed their Indian ancestry.
Romani word such as Purano (ancient / elder), Sap (snake), Kher (house) are all still spoken in India today as the young lady discovers.
In the video the man mentions the word "Lohar" which is the Indian word for metal. This word survives in Romani as "Lovva" and means money.
Born in Kosovo,rased in Slovenija(ex yugoslavian republic). Now i know were i came from. WERY PROUD ON MY NATION AND ROOTS.....
I think that I India needs to help the Romani people and acknowledge publically, that they are of Indian descent. I also think the Indian government should give Roma visiting India, honorary Indian citizenship.
I am Romani (Gypsy). I have tried comparing my language with Sinhala people I have met and I do not find the same parallels that I do with Rajasthani / Panjabi. In addition to language we also find that the Romani dress, customs, beliefs & dance / music also parallels that found in Rajasthan / Panjab regions such as the Thar desert
I am Mescalero Apache and know what the Romani have gone through my people here in the U.S. we fought and saved our self's from extinction. I love the Romani and Indian culture just like us we keep our traditions.
The Romani people are the lost tribes of Ancient India. Like Israel, the Indian govt must recognize them and treat them at par with other Indians.
The word Romani comes from the Sanskrit word "Raman". They originate from Rajasthan / Panjab region of India and left around 1026ad due to Islamic invasion. They then made a fast journey into what is now Turkey but was then part of the Byzantine Empire where Greek & Armenian was spoken and Christianity was the religion. The word Romanian however comes from the latin word Roman and they are white Europeans who live in the country of Romania. The word are just coincidentally similar.
i love the gypsies ,and always did and always will ,im also a lost indian born in mauritius ,but after 300 years we still have links with mother india,we should be proud of who we are.
They belongs to GREAT Mother India ,i proud to be an Indian .
I consider you as my Brother for sure... I love you to...''Our caravan is our family, and the world is our family''...I hope my path will end in India one day...My roots... my people...We Love you...
hearty welcome sister,,,romanis come back to mother land
Genetic testing showed our Indian roots. I wish Romnichels would go to Europe and trace their roots, many of the kids think they are only Gypsies they don't understand where they came from and have lost a lot of the culture.
You people can always comeback to India.Welcome!
Not all Kosovan's are of Indian ancestry. It is just the Romani (Not to be confused with Romanians or the country Romania. Romani comes from the Sanskrit word Ramani). The majority of Kosovans are not Romani.
Romani is also very similar to Rajasthani & Panjabi.
Romani uses 'o' on the end of masculine words like Rajasthani whereas most other modern Indian languages use an 'a'. e.g. Kalo for black compared to Kala in most other.
Romani also has many words shared with modern Rajasthani such as grass is char(o) where as in Panjabi it is ghar and in Hindi it is ghas..
With regards to Panjabi we can see a common shift of bh to ph & gh to kh. e.g. kher / khar v's ghar or Phra v's bhai...
I have been in India three times in Gujarat state this Roma girl on video look's like a north west Indian girl. Many words in north west India like day,night, eat, drink, ask, give,take,go, sleep, are same what the Roma speak in Europe.
Gypsy language is an Indian dialect mixed with Hindi,Gujarati and Punjabi. Proof of some words in Google translation :
1 Day Gypsy is Dives, Gujarati = Divas
2 To go Già = Hindi Giàna
3 Salt Lon= Punjabi Lun
4 Milk Tuth= Hindi dudh
5 Water Pani Hindi = Pani
6What ? = Su ? Gujarati= Suh ?
7 look = Dikh Hindi = Dekh
i don't know about Romanian but i believe gypsy is a part of India because i saw in rajasthan Banjaran and romanian gypsy has same dress, same dancing style and same skin color
Thank you MidiraRas. Kind words.
Yes we have a drum called a dowli which we hit with stick much like your dol and we also have a horn which I'm told is like an Indian horn. The biggest is the guitar which we brought to Europe which is obviously like the Zitar. It is possible that Guitar means "song string" from the Indian word geet (song) and tar (string). Flamenco is original our music / dance and is paralleled to Rajasthan.
we love you too,from an indian outside his home for the last 300 years.
Beautiful, thank you for posting!