The Council of Europe estimated that there are approximately 1,250 Romani people residing in Estonia (0.1% of the population).[1]

The Estonian Roma speak mostly the Lotfitka Latvian dialect but also speak the Xaladytka Russian Romani (also called Ruska) dialect .[2]

Estimates put the number of Romani people murdered in Estonia during the Romani Holocaust of World War II between around 800 and 1,000 people; only 5 or 6 per cent of Estonian Romani people survived. In 2007, a memorial was unveiled in Kalevi-Liiva for the murdered Estonia Roma. It states that 2,000 Romani people were killed in Estonia.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Estonia".
  2. ↑ Roma in Estonia
  3. ↑ "Estonia - RomArchive".
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