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 Two Yenish in Muotathal, Switzerland, c. 1890 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 700,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Germany,  Switzerland,  Austria,  France,  Netherlands | |
| Germany | 200,000[1] |
| Switzerland | 30,000[2] |
| Languages | |
| Yenish, German (Swiss German, Bavarian), French, DGS, DSGS, ÖGS, LSF | |
The Yenish (German: Jenische; French: Yéniche, Taïtch) are an itinerant group in Western Europe who live mostly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, and parts of France, roughly centered on the Rhineland. A number of theories for the group's origins have been proposed, including that the Yenish descended from members of the marginalized and vagrant poor classes of society of the early modern period, before emerging as a distinct group by the early 19th century.[3] Most of the Yenish became sedentary in the course of the mid-19th to 20th centuries.
- ^ a b Murphy, David. "Ethnic Minorities in Europe; the Yenish (Yeniche) People". Traveller's Voice. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ Vuilleumier, Marie. "Switzerland's nomads face an endangered way of life". Swiss Info. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ See e.g.:
- Leo Lucassen: "A Blind Spot: Migratory and Travelling Groups in Western European Historiography". In: International Review of Social History 38 (1993), 209–23.
- Leo Lucassen, Wim Willems, Annemarie Cottaar: Gypsies and Other Itinerant Groups: A Socio-Historical Approach. London u.a. 1998.
- Wolfgang Seidenspinner: "Herrenloses Gesindel. Armut und vagierende Unterschichten im 18. Jahrhundert". In: Zeitschrift für die Geschichte des Oberrheins, 133 (1985), 381–386.
- Wolfgang Seidenspinner: "Jenische. Zur Archäologie einer verdrängten Kultur". In: Beiträge zur Volkskunde in Baden-Württemberg, 8 (1993), 63–95.
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