exposé sur les roms en anglais

« Gypsy : it is a person who doesn’t have a habitation. Romanichels : persons who are member to the Tziganes community.

In France, the term “Rom” refers to this population who comes from East Europe: Romania, Bulgaria and Hungry. Tziganes : a community comes from India, which immigrated in Hungry.

In France this community are regrouped to create “ the French union of Tziganes association”. Manouches : it is an administrative term, that designs people who live in France as a Gypsy.

Native language : In most cases, the language that a person acquires in early childhood because it is spoken in the family and/or it is the language of the region where the child lives.

Mother Tongue is a synonym.

Discriminations : unfair treatment of a person, racial group, minority.

It is an action based on prejudice. Extermination camps : or death camp.

A concentration camp in which a large portion of the inmates are systematically put to death, are worked to death, or die from mistreatment. Irregular status : not being or acting in accord with laws, rules, or established custom. Nomadic lifestyle : A nomad is someone who lives by traveling from place to place. European Union : A group of European countries that participates in the world economy as one economic unit and operates under one official currency, the euro.

It is composed of 28 members.

NGO : A non-governmental organization (NGO) is any non-profit, voluntary citizens group, which is organized on a local, national or international level. I) What is a rom?. »