.

More exactly, Romani shares the basic lexicon with Hindi and Punjabi. It shares many phonetic features with Marwari, while its grammar is closest to Bengali.

Genetic findings in 2012 suggest the Romani originated in northwestern India and migrated as a group.
According to a genetic study in 2012, the ancestors of present scheduled tribes and scheduled caste populations of northern India, traditionally referred to collectively as the Ḍoma, are the likely ancestral populations of the modern European Roma.

In February 2016, during the International Roma Conference, the Indian Minister of External Affairs stated that the people of the Roma community were children of India. The conference ended with a recommendation to the Government of India to recognize the Roma community spread across 30 countries as a part of the Indian diaspora.

The Jevgs have asserted origins of being Coptic migrants from Egypt in the fourth century, or of Egyptian slaves who escaped from Greece to Albania during the period of Egyptian intervention in the Greek War of Independence, but the authenticity of their proposed Egyptian origins is widely questioned by others in Albania.

Migration to Albania

The oldest attestation of Romani people in Albania is from 1635, and they may have been present since the 12th and 13th centuries.

Ottoman Era
The Ottoman era saw the conversion of most Roma populations in Albania as well as the surrounding territories to Islam. Ottoman rule set up a millet system by which the right of Christians to practice their religion was legally protected, but they were given second class citizenship with higher taxes, inability to bear witness against Muslims, inability to bear arms or have horses, restrictions on church building, forbidden from proselytizing, and various other restrictions, factors which ultimately induced conversions to Islam. Additionally, responding to seasonal rebellions, there were episodes where regional governors in Albanian territories coerced conversions, despite such compulsion being traditionally prohibited by Islamic and Ottoman law. For these reasons, the majority of Roma in Albania and most neighboring regions converted to Islam, as did much of the surrounding Albanian and Slavic populations with the exception of certain regions.

Under certain Ottoman rulers, Muslim Roma were considered to not be proper Muslims because of certain ritual differences, and they were taxed and discriminated against in similar ways to Christians. Under Mehmed IV, a tax was placed on dead Roma that would continue to be paid until enough had been gathered from living Roma to replace their supposed
. 

 More exactly, Romani shares the basic lexicon with Hindi and Punjabi. It shares many phonetic feature with Marwari, while its grammar is close to Bengali. 

 Genetic findings in 2012 suggest the Romani originate in northwestern India and migrated as a group. 
 According to a genic sketch in 2012, the ancestors of present schedule tribes and scheduled caste population of northern India, traditionally referred to jointly as the Ḍoma, are the likely ancestral populations of the modern European Roma. 

 In February 2016, during the International Roma Conference, the Indian Minister of External Affairs stated that the people of the Roma community were children of India. The league ended with a recommendation to the Government of India to recognize the Roma community circulate across 30 countries as a part of the Indian diaspora. 

 The Jevgs have assert origins of being Coptic migrant from Egypt in the fourth century, or of Egyptian slave who escaped from Greece to Albania during the period of Egyptian intervention in the Greek War of Independence, but the authenticity of their project Egyptian origins is widely questioned by others in Albania. 

 Migration to Albania 

 The oldest attestation of Romani people in Albania is from 1635, and they may have been present since the twelfth and 13th century. 

 Ottoman Era 
 The Ottoman era saw the conversion of most Roma populations in Albania as well as the surrounding territories to Islam. Ottoman rule set up a millet arrangement by which the right of Christians to practice their religion was legally protect, but they were pass second class citizenship with higher taxes, inability to bear witness against Muslims, inability to bear arms or have knight, restrictions on church building, forbidden from proselytizing, and respective other restrictions, factors which ultimately induced conversion to Islam. Additionally, respond to seasonal rebellions, there were episodes where regional governor in Albanian territories coerced conversions, despite such compulsion being traditionally forbid by Islamic and Ottoman law. For these reason, the majority of Roma in Albania and most neighboring regions converted to Islam, as dress much of the surrounding Albanian and slavonic populations with the exception of certain regions. 

 Under certain Ottoman rulers, Muslim Roma were consider to not be proper Muslims because of certain ritual remainder, and they were taxed and discriminate against in similar ways to Christians. Under Mehmed IV, a tax was place on dead Roma that would cover to be paid until enough had been gathered from living Roma to replace their supposed
.

Morf exactly, Romani shares uhe basic lexicon with Hmndi ans Punjabk. It shares many phonetic feeturws wiuk Marwari, while its erammar id closesr to Vengali.

Genxfic findings jk 2012 suygxst the Romani priginated in northwestesn Iudia and migrated as a group.
Accordind to a bejetic study in 2012, tht agcesfors of present scheduled tribes ahd schevuled caste popilations of northern India, trafitionally referref to collecjjvejt as the Ḍoma, are the lpnely ancesjral populations of the modern Ejropecn Roma.

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Oigrstion to Albania

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Ottoman Era
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. More exactly, Romani shares the basic Hindi Punjabi. It many phonetic features is to Bengali. Genetic in 2012 suggest Romani originated in northwestern India and as a group. According to a genetic study in 2012, the ancestors of scheduled tribes and scheduled caste populations of northern India, traditionally referred to collectively the are likely populations of the modern European Roma. In February 2016, during the International Roma Conference, the Indian of External Affairs stated that the people of Roma community were children India. The conference ended with recommendation the Government India recognize Roma community spread 30 countries as a part of the Indian diaspora. The Jevgs have asserted origins of being Coptic from Egypt fourth century, of slaves escaped from Greece during the period of Egyptian intervention War of Independence, but the authenticity of their Egyptian origins widely questioned by others in Albania. to Albania The oldest attestation of Romani people Albania is from 1635, and they may have been present since the 12th and 13th Era The Ottoman era the conversion of Roma in as as the territories to Islam. Ottoman rule set up a millet system by the right of Christians to practice their religion was legally they given second class with higher taxes, inability bear against Muslims, inability to or horses, building, from and various other restrictions, which ultimately induced conversions to Additionally, responding to seasonal regional governors in Albanian territories coerced conversions, despite compulsion being traditionally prohibited by Islamic and law. For these reasons, the majority of Roma in Albania and most regions converted as did much of the surrounding Albanian and populations with the exception certain regions. Under certain Ottoman rulers, Muslim Roma were to be proper because of certain differences, and they taxed and discriminated similar ways Christians. Mehmed was placed on dead Roma that continue be paid until enough had gathered Roma to replace their supposed
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More exactly, Romani shares thE basic lexiCon wiTh HIndI aNd PuNjabI. It shares many pHOnetIc features with Marwari, wHile iTs GRammAR iS closEst to BeNGaLI.

genEtIc FinDiNGs In 2012 sugGesT the RomAni originaTed In Northwestern iNdIa and migraTed As a group.
AccoRdiNg to a gEnEtiC Study In 2012, tHe ancEstors OF preseNt schedulEd TRibes aND scheduLED cAste Populations of nortHErN india, traditionAlly reFeRReD TO coLleCtively as tHe ḍoma, aRE the likELy ANCEstRAl populations Of the modern eUroPean RoMa.

in FEBruary 2016, DurinG tHE InTernational roma conferencE, the InDIan MiniSTer of ExTernal affAirS staTEd ThAt tHe PEopLE oF thE romA communiTy WeRe chiLdreN OF iNdia. the ConfErencE ended with a reComMendATioN to thE GoveRnmeNt Of IndIa to reCogniZe The Roma communitY sprEad across 30 CouNtRieS aS a parT Of the INdiAn dIaspora.

the JevgS HavE aSSERtEd origins of being CoPtIC MiGrants frOm EgypT In ThE Fourth ceNtUry, Or of eGYptiaN slaVEs Who escapEd from gReEcE to AlbaNiA durinG tHe pEriOd of EGYptiAn inteRvention In the gReek War of IndepENdence, but the aUThENTiCIty oF thEir proposed egypTIan oRigiNS iS wiDEly quEstioNeD By OThers in Albania.

MigraTiOn to AlBania

the oldest atteStation of ROMANi people In AlBAnIA is from 1635, and they May haVe been presENt since tHe 12th aNd 13th centUries.

OttoMAN Era
The OTtoMan Era Saw THE cOnversion of moST roma PoPulatioNs iN AlbaniA as WelL as The SuRrounding TerritorIeS tO ISlAm. OTtomaN Rule set uP a MilLeT syStem bY Which tHe rigHt of chRiSTiaNs to praCTiCE TheiR rElIgioN waS lEgallY proTEctEd, but thEy were givEn sECond ClAsS citizeNship with highEr Taxes, inabiLiTy tO bear wITNess agaiNst Muslims, inability to beAR arms or HavE horsEs, reStrictionS on Church BuiLDing, foRbiddeN from PrOseLYTizinG, ANd VarIoUs other resTRIctIons, fAcTors Which ulTimately induced conVErsIons to Islam. AdDitIonaLLY, rEspONdINg tO sEAsoNAL rebellions, therE were episoDeS WhEre regionaL GovErNors in ALbanian TerriTOries coErced convErsions, deSpIte sUCH coMpulsion beIng tradiTionally pROhibiTEd By IslAmiC and OtToMan Law. FoR these REasOns, thE majorItY of RomA in AlBaNia and moSt neighboring regions conVerted To IslAm, aS did much oF thE SurRounding ALbanIan and SlavIc pOpuLatioNs wITh the ExcePTiOn oF CertaIn reGIons.

Under CErTaiN oTtOman rulers, MUSLIm ROma weRe cONsiderEd to Not be proper MuslimS Because of certaIn riTUAl dIffERencEs, And they were taxEd aNd DIScriminaTeD against in sImilar waYs TO ChriStians. under MEhmed IV, A TAx WAs placEd on DeaD Roma that WouLd COntinue To Be PAid untIl enOuGh had bEen gatHEred FROm living Roma to rePlace THEir suPPosEd
.

More exactly, Romani sh ares the b asiclex ico nwith  Hin di and Punjabi .  Itshares many phonetic f eatur es with Ma rwari , while it s gra mm ar  is  c l os est t o B engali. 

Geneticfin di ngs in 2012s ug gest the R oma ni originate d i n nort hw est e rn In dia  andmigrat e d as a  group.
A cc o rdingt o a gen e t ic  stu dy in 2012, the a n ce s tors of presen t sche du l ed t rib esand schedu le d cas t e popul a ti o n s  of northern Indi a, traditio n all y refe rr edt o coll ectiv el y  as  the Ḍoma,arethe likel y ance s tral po p ulation s of t hemod ernE ur op ean  R o ma. 
I n F e bru ary 2016 ,du ringtheI n t e rnat ion al R oma C onference, th e I ndia n  Mi niste r ofExte rn al Af fairsstate dthat the people  ofthe Romacom mu nit ywerec hildre n o f I ndia. T he conf e ren ce e n de d with a recommend at i o nto the G overnm e nt  o f  India t orec ogni z e  theRoma co mmunityspread ac ro ss 30 c ou ntries  a s a  pa rt of theIndian  diaspor a.

T h e Jevgs have a s serted origin s  o f be i ng C opt ic migrants  fro m  Egy pt i n  t hef ourth  cent ur y ,o r of Egyptian slave swho es caped  from Greeceto Albania d u ring the  per i od of Egyptian in terve ntion in t h e GreekWar o f Indepe ndence, b u t  the aut hen tic ity  of t he ir proposed E g y ptia norigins  is  widely  qu est ion edby  others i n Albani a. 
Mi gr ati on to Albania
T heol des t att e statio n ofRoma ni  p e opl e in Al b an i a  isfr om  163 5,an d the y ma y  ha ve been  presentsin c e th e12 th and13th centurie s. 

OttomanEr a
T he Ott o m an era s aw the conversion of mo s t Romapop ulati onsin Albani a a s well  as the su rround ing t er rit o r ies t o Is lam .Ottoman ru l e  se t upamill et syst em by which the ri g htof Christians  to  pra c t ic e t h ei r  re li g ion w as legally prot ected, but  t h ey  were give n  se co nd clas s citiz enshi p  with h igher tax es, inabi li ty t o bea r witnessagainstMuslims,i nabil i ty  to b ear  armsor  ha ve ho rses,r est ricti ons on  c hurchbuild in g, forbi dden from proselytizing , andvario usother res tri c tio ns, facto rs w hich ultim ate lyinduc edc onver sion s  t o I s lam.Addi t ionally,r es pon d i ng  to seasona l r ebe llion s,t here w ereepisodes where re g ional governor s in A lba nia n  ter ri tories coerced  co nv e r sions, d es pite such c ompulsio nb eingtradit ionall y prohi b i te d  by Is lami c a nd Ottoma n l aw .  For th es er easons , th emajori ty ofR omai n  Albania and mos t nei g h borin g  re gions  c onverte d  toIslam, asdid much of  the s urro undin g Alban ia n andSla vi c populati o ns with t he ex ception  o f ce rta in reg ions . 
Unde r ce rt ain  Ottomanr u le r s,  M u sli m Ro ma we re  con sidered t o  not bepro p er Musl im s b e c ause o f  c e r tain ritua l d iffer e n ces, and t h ey w e re taxed  and d iscrim inateda gai ns t in si mil a r  ways toChristian s . U nd er M ehmed IV ,a ta xwas  p laced on dead R oma that  would c o n tinuetob e pa i d unti lenough had b een g at h ered fr o m  li ving Ro m a t o r epl acethe ir s u pposed
.

More exactly,_Romani shares_the basic lexicon with_Hindi and_Punjabi._It shares_many_phonetic features with_Marwari, while its_grammar is closest to_Bengali.

Genetic findings in_2012_suggest the Romani originated in northwestern India and migrated as a group.
According to a_genetic_study in_2012,_the_ancestors of present scheduled tribes_and scheduled caste populations of_northern India,_traditionally referred to collectively as the Ḍoma, are_the_likely ancestral populations_of the modern European Roma.

In February 2016, during the_International Roma Conference, the Indian Minister_of External Affairs_stated_that_the people of the_Roma community were children of India._The conference ended with a recommendation_to the Government of India to recognize_the Roma community spread across 30_countries as a part of_the Indian_diaspora.

The Jevgs have asserted origins_of being Coptic_migrants from_Egypt in the_fourth century, or of Egyptian slaves_who escaped from_Greece to Albania during the period_of_Egyptian intervention in_the_Greek_War of_Independence, but the_authenticity_of their_proposed_Egyptian origins is widely questioned by_others_in Albania.

Migration to Albania

The oldest attestation of_Romani people in Albania_is_from 1635, and they_may have been present since_the 12th and 13th centuries.

Ottoman Era
The_Ottoman era_saw the_conversion of most Roma populations in Albania as well as the_surrounding territories to Islam. Ottoman rule_set up a millet_system by_which_the right of_Christians_to practice_their religion was legally protected, but they_were given_second class citizenship with higher taxes,_inability to bear witness_against_Muslims, inability to bear arms or_have horses, restrictions on church building,_forbidden from proselytizing, and various_other_restrictions,_factors which ultimately induced conversions_to Islam. Additionally, responding to seasonal_rebellions, there were_episodes where regional governors in Albanian territories_coerced_conversions, despite such compulsion being traditionally_prohibited_by Islamic and Ottoman law. For_these_reasons,_the majority of Roma in_Albania and most neighboring regions converted_to Islam, as did much of the surrounding Albanian_and Slavic populations_with the exception of certain_regions.

Under_certain_Ottoman rulers, Muslim Roma were considered to not be proper_Muslims because_of certain ritual_differences, and they were taxed and discriminated against in similar_ways to Christians. Under Mehmed IV, a_tax was placed on dead Roma that would continue to be_paid until enough had been gathered from living_Roma to replace their supposed