Turkish spoken by Bulgarian Muslim Roma in Berlin

Kyuchukov, Hristo (2016) Turkish spoken by Bulgarian Muslim Roma in Berlin. Ural-Altaic Studies, 22 (03). pp. 7-12. ISSN 2079-1003

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Abstract

The paper presents the recent situation of Bulgarian Muslim Roma, speakers of Turkish, migrants in Germany. After their arrival to Germany most of the Bulgarian Muslim Roma contact the Turkish community, because they speak a variety of Turkish and it serves as a tool of communication. Being in a new environment, Bulgarian Muslim Roma learn a new for them variety of Turkish spoken in Berlin, considering it a High variety in terms of diglossia; that way, a new form of diglossia between two dialects is created. The paper describes changes in Turkish language spoken by Roma as well as forms of code-switching between Turkish and Bulgarian. At the same time, a new phenomenon among Bulgarian Muslim Roma is observed — a process of assimilation towards the Turkish community. All linguistic and social phenomena among the Muslim Roma community can be explained by means of existing theories in the field of sociolinguistics.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Muslim Roma; Turkish; bilingualism; diglossia; German migrants;
Subjects:	F Interreligious Dialogue and Witness > Islam H Social Sciences and Roma Christianity > Sociology H Social Sciences and Roma Christianity > Linguistics
Divisions:	Central Europe
Depositing User:	Users 2 not found.
Date Deposited:	19 Sep 2019 14:16
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2019 14:16
URI:	https://r.ceeamsprints.brunner.at/id/eprint/85

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