Romano-Greek

{{Short description|Mixed language of Romani people in Greece}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Romano-Greek

| nativename =

| states = Greece

| speakers = none

| date = 2000

| ref = e25

| speakers2 = 30 use it as a secret language (2000)

| familycolor = mixed

| family = mixed Romani–Greek{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=cxYGQfiD_1oC&pg=PT24472&dq=romano-greek+language+greece+romani&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjBt6v-n5iKAxUjlu4BHcWYK_gQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=romano-greek%20language%20greece%20romani&f=false|title= Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics - Volumes 1-14}}

| dia1 = Dortika (in Eurytania)

| dia2 = Kaliarda (in Athens){{cite book|title=Mixed Languages: 15 Case Studies in Language Intertwining| isbn=9789074698146 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V9caAQAAIAAJ&q=dortika+Kaliarda+greek+romani| last1=Bakker | first1=Peter | last2=Mous | first2=Maarten | year=1994 | publisher=IFOTT }}

| iso3 = rge

| glotto = roma1240

| glottorefname = Romano-Greek

| map = Lang Status 20-CR.svg

| mapcaption = {{center|{{small|Romano-Greek is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (As of 2024)}}}}

}}

Romano-Greek (also referred to as Hellenoromani; {{langx|el|Ελληνο-ρομανική|Elleno-romaniké}}) is a nearly extinct mixed language (referred to as Para-Romani in Romani linguistics), spoken by the Romani people in Greece that arose from language contact between Romani speaking people and the Greek language. The language is suspected to be a secret language spoken in Thessaly and Central Greece Administrative Unit.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/rge|title=Romano-Greek|newspaper=Ethnologue|access-date=2017-02-10}} Typologically the language is structured on Greek with heavy lexical borrowing from Romani.[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=rge Ethnologue] Dortika is a secret language spoken mainly in Athens by traveling builders from Eurytania Prefecture. In both cases, the languages are most likely not native to their speakers.{{cite book |last1=Matras |first1=Yaron |last2=Bakker |first2=Peter |title=Bibliography of Modern Romani Linguistics Including a Guide to Romani Linguistics |date=2003 |publisher=John Benjamins Publishing Co. |isbn=9789027275233 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kdE5AAAAQBAJ |access-date=24 July 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Nicholas |first1=Nick |title=Kaliarda XXIII: Dortika |url=http://hellenisteukontos.opoudjis.net/kaliarda-xxiii-dortika/ |website=hellenisteukontos.opoudjis |date=19 December 2017 |access-date=24 July 2022}}