Re: [tied] Anamoly?

From: vijinuk
Message: 14058
Date: 2002-07-18

--- In cybalist@..., Piotr Gasiorowski <piotr.gasiorowski@...>
wrote:
> Just follow the link:
>
> http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=JAT
>
> It isn't a Romani dialect, though the Jats are sometimes referred
to as "Gypsies". Those in Ukraine and Russia are predominantly Muslim.


My question was related to how did an Indo-aryan tongue end up in
Ukraine with no continuity back to the sub-continent. That it is not
a Romani dialect makes it curiouser.