▁common ▁gen etic ▁history ▁. ▁Even ▁though ▁they ▁share ▁similar ▁gen etic ▁history ▁a ▁recent ▁study ▁showed ▁that ▁Je v gs ▁and ▁G abel s ▁have ▁different ▁d na . ▁With ▁Je v gs ▁being ▁very ▁close ▁to ▁Portuguese ▁and ▁Spanish ▁r oma , s ug gest ing ▁B alk an ▁and ▁Alban ian ▁ad mi xture ▁in ▁recent ▁years . ▁ ▁Roma ▁are ▁occasionally ▁held ▁to ▁share ▁the ▁" fa ith " ▁( fe ) ▁of ▁A rom ani ans ▁in ▁Alban ia , ▁not ▁for ▁religious ▁reasons ▁( R oma ▁are ▁mostly ▁Muslim ▁but ▁A rom ani ans ▁are ▁mostly ▁Christian ), ▁but ▁because ▁of ▁their ▁historic ▁shared ▁nom adic ▁l ifest yle , ▁although ▁in ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁Alban ia ▁many ▁Roma ▁had ▁long ▁been ▁settled . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Origin ▁ ▁The ▁Roman i ▁people ▁origin ate ▁from ▁Northern ▁India , ▁pres umably ▁from ▁the ▁north western ▁Indian ▁states ▁Raj as than ▁and ▁P un j ab . ▁ ▁The ▁lingu istic ▁evidence ▁has ▁ind is put ably ▁shown ▁that ▁roots ▁of ▁Roman i ▁language ▁lie ▁in ▁India : ▁the ▁language ▁has ▁gram mat ical ▁characteristics ▁of ▁Indian ▁languages ▁and ▁shares ▁with ▁them ▁a ▁big ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁basic ▁lex icon , ▁for ▁example , ▁body ▁parts ▁and ▁daily ▁rout ines . ▁ ▁More ▁exactly , ▁Roman i ▁shares ▁the ▁basic ▁lex icon ▁with ▁H indi ▁and ▁P un j abi . ▁It ▁shares ▁many ▁ph on etic ▁features ▁with ▁Mar w ari , ▁while ▁its ▁grammar ▁is ▁closest