Polska Roma

Polska Roma are the largest and one of the oldest ethnolinguistic groups of Romani people living in Poland. Many Polska Roma also reside in Germany, North America, Switzerland, Great Britain and Sweden. Some can also be found in Lithuania, Belarus, and Russia. The term “Polska Roma” is both an ethnonym of the group and a term used in the scholarly literature. of the group and a term used in scholarly literature. As such, it differs from the term “Polish Roma,” which in a broader sense refers to the entire Roma population in Poland. Therefore, the term “Polska Roma” or “Sasytka Roma” (Gypsie) is used exclusively for this specific group, while the term “Polish Roma” is applied to all Roma groups living in Poland — the broader Roma population in Poland. The Polska and Sasytka Roma are often referred to as Sinti, or it is claimed that they are a branch that split off from the German Sinti.