Roma people

E46821

Indo-Aryan people ethnic group minority group

The Roma people are a traditionally itinerant ethnic group of Indian origin now living mainly in Europe, known for their distinct language varieties, cultural practices, and history of marginalization and persecution.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Roma and Sinti	14
Roma people canonical	8
Muslim Roma	2
Rroma	2
Roma (Gypsies)	1
Roma (Gypsy) community	1
Roma community	1
Roma people in Romania	1
Roma women	1
Romani people	1
Rromani people	1

Statements (85)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-Aryan people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ minority group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Gypsies ⓘ Roma people ⓘ surface form: Romani people Rrom ⓘ Roma people ⓘ surface form: Rroma Rromani ⓘ
associatedWith	Romani music ⓘ flamenco (in Spain) ⓘ fortune telling stereotype ⓘ traditional crafts ⓘ
culturalDay	International Roma Day ⓘ surface form: International Romani Day
culturalTrait	distinct music traditions ⓘ endogamous marriage patterns ⓘ extended family networks ⓘ oral storytelling ⓘ
currentLifestyle	largely settled ⓘ
diaspora	global ⓘ
estimatedPopulation	millions ⓘ
ethnonym	Roma ⓘ
facesIssue	educational disadvantage ⓘ employment discrimination ⓘ housing segregation ⓘ poverty ⓘ social exclusion ⓘ
geneticEvidence	supports South Asian origin ⓘ
hasAnthem	Gelem Gelem ⓘ surface form: Gelem, Gelem
hasColor	blue and green flag ⓘ
hasOrganization	International Romani Union ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Kalderash ⓘ Kalé ⓘ Lovari ⓘ Manush ⓘ Romanichal ⓘ Sinti ⓘ Vlax Roma ⓘ Xoraxane Roma ⓘ
hasSymbol	Romani flag ⓘ chakra wheel on flag ⓘ
historicalExperience	discrimination ⓘ marginalization ⓘ persecution ⓘ
InternationalRomaniDay	8 April ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
linguisticEvidence	Romani language shares core vocabulary with Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
linguisticOrigin	Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
mainRegion	Europe ⓘ
migrationHistory	migrated from Indian subcontinent to Europe over centuries ⓘ
origin	South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent
persecutedDuring	World War II ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Romani language ⓘ
protectedBy	European human rights law ⓘ
recognizedAs	national minority in several European countries ⓘ
recognizedBy	Council of Europe ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Dom people ⓘ Lom people ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ various local religions ⓘ
significantPopulationIn	Brazil ⓘ Bulgaria ⓘ France ⓘ Hungary ⓘ Romania ⓘ Russia ⓘ Serbia ⓘ Slovakia ⓘ Spain ⓘ Turkey ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
stereotypedAs	nomadic outsiders ⓘ
subjectOf	European Union Roma inclusion policies ⓘ anti-Gypsyism ⓘ numerous human rights reports ⓘ
subjectTo	anti-Roma violence ⓘ forced assimilation policies ⓘ segregation ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle	itinerant ⓘ nomadic ⓘ
usesLanguage	Romani language ⓘ various local majority languages ⓘ
victimOf	Nazi genocide ⓘ Porajmos ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kalderash → partOf → Roma people ⓘ

Xoraxane Roma → exonym → Roma people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muslim Roma

Dachau → victimGroup → Roma people ⓘ

subject surface form: Dachau concentration camp

this entity surface form: Roma and Sinti

BergenBelsen → victimGroup → Roma people ⓘ

subject surface form: Bergen-Belsen

this entity surface form: Roma and Sinti

Nazi war crimes → victimGroup → Roma people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roma and Sinti

Sachsenhausen concentration camp → victimGroup → Roma people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roma and Sinti

Roma people → alsoKnownAs → Roma people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Romani people

Roma people → alsoKnownAs → Roma people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rroma

Stara Gradiška concentration camp → victimGroup → Roma people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roma women

Horahane Roma → ethnicallyPartOf → Roma people ⓘ

Horahane Roma → alternativeName → Roma people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muslim Roma

Nazi camp system → victimGroup → Roma people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roma and Sinti

Konzentrationslager Ettersberg → usedFor → Roma people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roma and Sinti

Sacromonte → ethnicTradition → Roma people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roma (Gypsy) community

German occupation of the Baltic states → victimGroup → Roma people ⓘ

doina → associatedEthnicGroup → Roma people ⓘ

subject surface form: Doina

this entity surface form: Roma people in Romania

Einsatz Reinhardt → victim → Roma people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roma (Gypsies)

Danube bank shootings → victimGroup → Roma people ⓘ

German war of annihilation in the East → hasTargetPopulation → Roma people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roma and Sinti

Rromani → hasAlternativeName → Roma people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rroma

Rromani → hasAlternativeName → Roma people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rromani people

Dom people → relatedEthnicGroup → Roma people ⓘ

Lom people → relatedEthnicGroup → Roma people ⓘ

SS economic administration for Operation Reinhard → victimGroup → Roma people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roma and Sinti

SS and security forces → persecuted → Roma people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roma and Sinti

Der Zigeunerbaron → hasSubject → Roma people ⓘ

Romania and Moldova → shareMinorityCommunities → Roma people ⓘ

Blaj → hasMinority → Roma people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roma community

Ravensbrück concentration camp → hasPrisonerCategories → Roma people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roma and Sinti

Holocaust literature → addressesGroup → Roma people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roma and Sinti

Buchenwald subcamp system → victimDemographics → Roma people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roma and Sinti

Dachau concentration camp subcamps → victim → Roma people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roma and Sinti

Volksgemeinschaft → excludes → Roma people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roma and Sinti