Romani Studies

The first Caló dictionary ever published in Spain (Trujillo 1844): An analysis of its sources

Romani Studies (2005), 15, (2), 125–143.

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https://doi.org/10.3828/rs.2005.6
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English
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19

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In the present article an assessment is attempted of the real value of Enrique Trujillo's Vocabulario de la lengua gitana (Sevilla 1844), the first Romani dictionary published in Spain. This work is generally taken as an original and valuable one, due to its independence from Borrow's dictionary and to its pioneering character. I will try to demonstrate that the notion that Trujillo's dictionary is original is unmerited. First, I will show that it depends on at least two sources, one of which is another work by Borrow, and that the use that Trujillo made of these sources was so clumsy that it seriously questions the reliability of the entire work. Second, I will suggest that there was a third, non-extant source which was common to Trujillo and Borrow and which accounts for a significant proportion of the words. Finally, some relevant words found only in Trujillo's dictionary will be analysed.

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Adiego, Ignasi-Xavier