This collection of essays focuses on historical, structural, lexical, and sociological aspects of Romani and its regional variations. The focus is primarily but not exclusively on oral language. Essays include: "On Typological Changes and Structural Borrowing in the History of European Romani" (Vit Bubenik); "On the Migration and Affiliation of the Domba: Iranian words in Rom, Lom and Dom Gypsy" (Ian Hancock); "Plagiarism and Lexical Orphans in the European Romani Lexicon" (Anthony Grant); "Interdialectal Interference in Romani" (Norbert Boretzky); "Verb Evidentials and Their Discourse Function in Vlach Romani Narratives" (Yaron Matras); "Notes on the Genesis of Calo and other Iberian Para-Romani Varieties" (Peter Bakker); Romani Lexical Items in Colloquial Romanian" (Corinna Leschber); "Romani Standardization and Status in the Republic of Macedonia" (Victor A. Friedman); and "Trial and Error in Written Romani on the Pages of Romani Periodicals" (Milena Hubschmannova). (MSE)