mustalaiskieli

Finnish

Etymology

mustalais- (“Romani”) +‎ kieli (“language”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmustɑlɑi̯sˌkie̯li/, [ˈmus̠tɑ̝lɑ̝i̯s̠ˌk̟ie̞̯li]
• Rhymes: -ieli
• Syllabification^(key): mus‧ta‧lais‧kie‧li

Noun

mustalaiskieli (colloquial)

1. Romani (language)

Usage notes

• The term mustalainen (“gypsy”) has a negative connotation, and thus the terms romanikieli or romani are recommendable.
• The variant of Romani spoken by the Finnish Roma is called in Finnish Suomen romanikieli (“Kalo Finnish Romani”).

Synonyms

• romanikieli
• romani

Further reading

• “mustalaiskieli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03