The name Kampers (Campers) is considered discriminatory by Dutch Travellers.Similar to Indigenous Dutch Travellers, Indigenous Norwegian Travellers are theorised to have Yenish Traveller (German Traveller) admixture and possibly could be descended from them. Norwegian Rodi includes a large proportion of Yenish loanwords.
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(By comparison, median life expectancy in Ireland is 81.5 years.) Historically, both groups have travelled all over, and often overlap into each other’s traditional areas. At the time of the 2011 census, there were around 29,500 Irish Travellers in the Irish Republic, making up 0.6% of the population.The community was found to be unevenly distributed across the country, with the highest number living in County Galway and South Dublin. The language of the Irish Travellers, Shelta, is mainly based on an Irish Gaeliclexicon and an English gramma… With an overall population of just 0.5% some areas were found to have a higher proportion, with high Traveller concentrations in Clare, Dublin, Galway and Limerick.
This has led to these Romani groups generally looking White in appearance.Romani from the rest of Europe consider Northern Romani groups to not be proper Romani, due to their languages, heritage and cultures being mixed. Settled people call Dutch Travellers Woonwagenbewoners (Caravan Dwellers) but they call themselves Reizigers (Travellers). Children of age range 0–17 comprised 48.7% of the Traveller population.Two main hypotheses have arisen, speculating whether: Rodi also has a handful of Scandoromani loanwords due to Romanisæl Travellers and Indigenous Norwegian Travellers both living in close proximity to each other.As a result, Funfair Travellers are not defined as an ethnic group, even though they display certain common features, although in many countries (such as the UK) they identify as a cultural group.Similar to Indigenous Norwegian Travellers, Dutch Travellers are theorised to have Yenish Traveller (German Traveller) admixture and possibly could be descended from them.Northern European Romani groups culturally have more in common with Indigenous Northern European Traveller groups, such as Irish Travellers, Dutch Travellers, Scottish Highland Travellers and Norwegian Travellers then what they do with Romani from the rest of Europe. Northern Romani groups have common ancestry from the wave of Romani who migrated to England and Scotland in the 16th century. Travellers refer to themselves as Minceir or Pavees in their own language or in Irish as an Lucht Siúil, meaning literally "the walking people".
The Irish Travellers, sometimes called Pavees, are an ethnically Irish nomadic community. This is evidenced in a 2007 report published in Ireland, which states that over half of Travellers do not live past the age of 39 years.
The Council of Europe says there's still 'significant discrimination' towards Travellers in Ireland. Mayo beach named among best in the world. There were found to be 9,301 Travellers in the 0–14 age range, comprising 41.5% of the Traveller population, and a further 3,406 of them were in the 15–24 age range, comprising 15.2%. The health of Irish Travellers is significantly poorer than that of the general population in Ireland.
Another government report of 1987 found: By blood, the Pavees are Irish, but have a separate language and culture than the settled Irish. The term Pikey is a pejorative slang term used mainly in the United Kingdom to refer to Irish Travellers. Cork town named one of Europe’s most beautiful small towns. Many Romani from the rest of Europe wrongfully assume that Northern Romani groups don’t have Romani roots and that they are Indigenous European Travellers, similar to Irish Travellers for example.Indigenous Norwegian Travellers have always concentrated around Southern and Southwestern Norway along the coastline (which was separated from the rest of Norway due to mountains) and Romanisæl Travellers have always concentrated around Central Norway (specifically in Trøndelag county around the city of Trondheim). An ethnic minority in Ireland, the Travellers have lived on the margins of mainstream Irish society for centuries. From the 2006 Irish census it was determined that 20,975 dwell in urban areas and 1,460 were living in rural areas. Spain was one of the countries in Europe hardest-hit by the coronavirus and has already suffered more than 28,000 fatalities, the fourth-highest tally in Europe after the UK, Italy and France. They refer to settled people as Burgers (Citizens).