The Romani language "Romance" is an Indo-Aryan language, part of the Indo-European language family, spoken since the beginning of the Middle Ages only in the diaspora, outside the Indian subcontinent, and today is an integral part of European linguistic diversity.

Linguistic and anthropological studies show that the migration of the Roma population occurred around 1500 years ago (6th century) from northwestern India towards Persia and the Balkan Peninsula and then throughout Europe. The Roma people are thought to have migrated as young children via two routes, the continental one and via Cyprus (at that time also known as Egypt). For this reason, some say that the Roma from all "Gypsy", which derives from the word "Egypt" or more precisely "little Egypt".

While the term "Gypsy" became laden with negative and prejudiced connotations, the Roma continued to call themselves "Roma," a term that in the Romani language means "half" and "man." The First World Roma Congress denounced the terms by which non-Roma refer to the Roma, which often have negative and derogatory connotations, and decided that the term "Roma" should be the official reference for the Roma people, respecting the recommendations that individual Roma communities refer to themselves by local terms, or that have a meaning in Albanian for Roma. "people" or other terms that stem from ancient tribal affiliation (e.g. the word "Sinti," etc.).

Alternative Theories of Origin

Some project groups acknowledge the fact that the Roma began their journey to Europe from India, but the latter was not the home of the Roma family. This claim claims biblical justification with many essential elements related to the religion of the Israelites and the Roma beliefs, which according to them originate exclusively in the Torah, (the Hebrew Bible) and which have no connection with the Indian religion. one of the 10 lost tribes of the Israelites.

Despite the claims for Indian or early Israeli hearing of the Roma, it is a fact that elements of both cultures (Indian and Israeli) are still present today in the Roma diaspora in Europe. While linguistic analyses result that the Romani language, in addition to its Indian bases, also has a lot of influence from the languages of the language they have traveled to, such as Greek, etc., other ethnographic elements such as the characteristic clothing of Roma women and the black hat of men resemble traditional Israeli clothing, without leaving aside the violation of the enterprise or the history of slavery, discrimination and infamous persecutions against the Roma and Israeli diaspora.