- They follow Indian religious practices.
- Their language, called Romani, is an Indo-Aryan language.
- They believe that they came from India.
- Epigraphic evidence locates their original home in Uttar Pradesh.
[CDS II 2016]
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
- (a) 1 and 4 only
- (b) 2 only
- (c) 1, 2 and 4
- (d) 2 and 3
(b) 2 only
Sinti and Roma were regarded as Gypsies. The Sinti and Roma spoke dialects of a common language called Romani, based in Sanskrit, the classical language of India.
Gypsies are believed to have arrived in Europe from northern India in the 1400s. They were called Gypsies because Europeans thought they came from Egypt.
For centuries Europeans regarded Gypsies as social outcasts – a people of foreign appearance, language, and customs.