Strochlic, Nina. 2012. “American Gypsies Are a Persecuted ...

Though most groups in North America speak Romani, each group has different economic engagements and levels of traditional maintenance and cultural assimilation (Gropper and Miller 2001). “Gypsy” comes from the word Egyptian and was a misnomer informally assigned to traveler people from India who were mistaken for Egyptians. ................
................