Romani people in Austria
Chromolithograph of young Roma in Austria | |
| Total population | |
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| Languages | |
| Romani, Sintitikes, German | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Romani folklore | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Romani people in Germany, Romani people in Hungary, Romani people in Slovenia, Romani people in Switzerland |
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The Romani people in Austria (German: Roma in Österreich) have lived in the country since the Middle Ages. According to the 2001 census, there were 6,273 Romani speakers in Austria, or less than 0.1% of the population. Estimations count between 10,000 and 25,000. A more recent estimation count between 40,000 and 50,000 Romani people or about 0.5%. Most indigenous Romani people in Austria belong to the Burgenland-Roma group in East-Austria. The majority live in the state of Burgenland, in the city of Oberwart and in villages next to the District of Oberwart. The Burgenland-Roma speak the Vlax Romani language.
In Upper Austria there are also some Sinti families with 80% of the Sinti speaking the Sinte Romani dialect of the Romani language.
Since 1960, there has also been a significant Roma population originally from former Yugoslavian countries, especially from Serbia (Gurbeti and Kalderash Roma-Groups) and Ashkali from Kosovo and also some from Turkey.