Romani people in Latvia

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Romani people in Latvia
Total population
7,456 (2017)
Regions with significant populations
Riga and Ventspils^[1]
Languages
Baltic Romani, Latvian
Religion
Christianity^{[citation needed]}

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Romani people are one of Latvia's oldest ethnic minorities. According to the Office for Citizenship and Migration Affairs there were 7,456 Romani people living in Latvia as of 1 January 2017, comprising 0.3% of the total population. The Latvian Roma (Loftitke Roma) and the Russian Roma (Xaladytka Roma) have lived in Latvia since ancient times. According to the latest extensive survey "Roma in Latvia," the data reveals that nearly half of the Roma individuals interviewed (49.3%) responded negatively when asked about their ethnicity recorded in their passports. Additionally, 12.9% admitted that another nationality is stated, while only 36.5% acknowledged themselves as Roma in their passports. Out of all the officially registered Roma individuals, 94.4% hold Latvian citizenship, and approximately 70% of them are fluent in Latvian. Furthermore, a significant majority of Roma consider the Romani language as their mother tongue.^[2]

According to the Council of Europe, approximately 5,600 Romani people live in Latvia (0.3% of the population).^[3]

References

^ "Gypsies (Romani people) | On Latvia". Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ "None". Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ "Latvia - European Commission". commission.europa.eu. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

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Romani diaspora

Settlements

Subgroups

Uncontested	Arlije Bergitka Roma Boyash Burgenland Roma Cascarots English Romanichal Erromintxela Finnish Kale Kalderash Kawliya Lovari Machvaya Manouche Muslim Roma Zargari Polska Roma Ruska Roma Scandinavian Travellers (Tavinger, Romanisæl) Scottish Travellers Sepečides Servitka Roma Sinti Ursari Welsh Kale
Contested	Ashkali and Balkan Egyptians Dom Garachi Nawar Bosha/Lom Lori Lyuli

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States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria
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