Romani is one of britains oldest and most established minority languages brought to the country by romani immigrants from continental europe in the sixteenth century or even earlier it was spoken in its old inflected form as a family and community language until the second half of the nineteenth century when it yielded to english. Romani is one of britains oldest and most established minority languages brought to the country by romani immigrants from continental europe in the sixteenth century or even earlier it was spoken in its old inflected form as a family and community language until the second half of the nineteenth century when it yielded to english but even after its decline as the everyday language of . Romani n britain the afterlife of a language 2010 xv 255 pages edinburgh edinburgh university press victor a friedman university of chicago the journal of language contact vol 4 2011 295 310 in a world where language endangerment death and revitalization have become. The historical position of british romani 4 the structural composition of angloromani 5 the conversational functions of angloromani 6 conclusions the decline death and afterlife of a language appendix i lexicon of angloromani appendix ii predecessor expressions by origin romani is one of britains oldest and most established