Sevlengere

The Sevlengere, also known as Sevlengere Roma or Sepečides Roma (lit. 'basket-weaving Roma'), are a Romani subgroup in Greece and Turkey. Sevlengere traditionally speak Sepeči, a dialect of the Romani language, although the RomArchive claims the dialect is practically extinct. The Sepeči dialect is considered to be non-Vlax, and belongs to the Southern Balkan group of Romani dialects. The ancestors of the Sevlengere were basketweavers in Thessaloniki, and lived there as nomads during the Ottoman Empire until the population exchange between Greece and Turkey.