Manouche

TheManouchesare a subgroup ofRomawho have lived inFrancesince at least the eighteenth century.^[1]The term Manouche is the self-ascribed name of the FrenchSinti.^[2]The word "manouche" means "man" or "human being" in theRomani language,and is closelycognateto the word for "man" in many modern Indian languages such asHindiमनुष्य(manuṣya) andBanglaমানুষ(mānuṣa). TheirRomanidialect, cognate to the one used by German Sinti, exhibits strong German influence.^[3]They are nowadays primary French-speaking, though the dialect of French they use exhibits many linguistic peculiarities compared to standard French.^[4]

Notable Manouches[edit]

Django Reinhardt

References[edit]

^Lie, Siv B. (2021).Django Generations.University of Chicago Press.doi:10.7208/chicago/9780226810959.001.0001.ISBN 978-0-226-81100-0.S2CID 242616072.
^Scheffel, David Z. (2015)."Bunescu, Ioana: Roma in Europe. The Politics of Collective Identity Formation".Anthropos.110(2): 606–607.doi:10.5771/0257-9774-2015-2-606.ISSN 0257-9774.
^Bakker, Peter; Ki︠u︡chukov, Khristo (2000).What is the Romani Language?.University of Hertfortshire Press. p. 58.ISBN 9781902806068.
^Nahon, Peter (2024),"The French linguistic varieties of Gypsies and Travellers: an original diastratic variation perspective",Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie,140(1): 30-76,doi:10.1515/zrp-2024-0002

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[1] Lie, Siv B. (2021).Django Generations.University of Chicago Press.doi:10.7208/chicago/9780226810959.001.0001.ISBN 978-0-226-81100-0.S2CID 242616072.

[2] Scheffel, David Z. (2015)."Bunescu, Ioana: Roma in Europe. The Politics of Collective Identity Formation".Anthropos.110(2): 606–607.doi:10.5771/0257-9774-2015-2-606.ISSN 0257-9774.

[3] Bakker, Peter; Ki︠u︡chukov, Khristo (2000).What is the Romani Language?.University of Hertfortshire Press. p. 58.ISBN 9781902806068.

[Nahon-4] Nahon, Peter (2024),"The French linguistic varieties of Gypsies and Travellers: an original diastratic variation perspective",Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie,140(1): 30-76,doi:10.1515/zrp-2024-0002

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