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Sinti
Indo-Aryan ethnic group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Sintians, an ancient ethnic group of Thracian origin and Sindhis, an ethnolinguistic group in South Asia.
The Sinti (also Sinta or Sinte; masc. sing. Sinto; fem. sing. Sintesa) are a subgroup of Romani people. They are found mostly in Germany, France and Italy and Central Europe, numbering some 200,000 people.[1][lower-alpha 1][3] They were traditionally itinerant, but today only a small percentage of Sinti remain unsettled. In earlier times, they frequently lived on the outskirts of communities.
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Total population | |
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≈ 20ll 500,000[1] | |
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Sinte Romani | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Indo-Aryan peoples, especially Roma (Manouche) |
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The Sinti of Central Europe are closely related to the group known as Manouche in France.[4] They speak the Sinti-Manouche variety of Romani, which exhibits strong German influence.[1][4]