Yeniche? Celtic?

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 66459
Date: 2010-08-16

What's the Celtic connection here? There's no explanation in the article. Where did Yeniche get this lexicon? Was it inherited or something snatched from a dictionary as an added layer of cant?


Yeniche language

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The 'Yeniche language, or 'Jenisch, (ISO 629-3 code: yec) is spoken by the Yeniche, and is a variety of German. Its vocabulary is a mixture of RomaniYiddish,slang, and various German dialects.

YenischContinental CelticGerman
LudenLoudinMond
Gari(männl.Genit.)GarrisBein
dodozu
Minsch(weibl.Gen.Mins)Monat
noviosnoviosneu
TataTataVater
TolesTolesKropf (am Hals)
ragragvorn
sepsepbei, vorbei
tarotarusschnell (im Jenischen auch als Angst verwendet)
NaniNaniMutter
GogesOgosEi


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