![]() Romani flag created in 1933 and accepted at the 1971 World Romani Congress | |
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Total population | |
---|---|
2–20 million | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() | 2,750,000 |
![]() | 1,850,000 |
![]() | 750,000[1] |
![]() | 725,000[2] |
![]() | 720,000 |
![]() | 700,000[3] |
![]() | 500,000[4] |
![]() | 400,000[5] |
![]() | 265,000[6] |
![]() | 250,000[7] |
![]() | 140,000[8] |
![]() | 105,000[9] |
Languages | |
Romani, languages of native regions | |
Religion | |
mainly Christianity and Islam, minorities practice Buddhism, Judaism and Bahá'í Faith |
The Roma are an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin, found mainly in Europe.[10] In English, they are often called Gypsies. Some Roma, but not all consider "Gypsy" to be a slur. The old word "Chingar" is now rarely used. The Roma are people that left India around 500 AD and entered Europe around 1000 AD.[11]