For the Del Mulanti Ruv I decided that they spent centuries with the Roma, traveling the world with them. So of course they used Romani as the common language.
I have found many different dialects for the Romani language and most of the studies are incomplete. So I took liberal license with both the Roma and their language as they would be different with the Ruv living among them for centuries. I used words from several dialects. After all the language would alter over the years, the Ruv are not static, nor is language, and they would all be interconnected through the Ruv.
The native Ruv language is verbal in nature. Before they were riven, they had no written language as they had no true hands but claws. Nor had they real need of it as they had a rich verbal culture. Elders and Voices kept their history in songs that they sung to entertain and educate their people. When they were changed and riven all that was lost, part of the price of their survival. However they are trilingual verbally. English, Romani, and their native tongue.
Here is a partial glossary of Romani terms used by the Ruv and Roma in my books.
Mulanti=ghost
Ruv=wolf
Shilmulo=vampire/evil or mad Ruv
Phuro=Elder
bunica=grandmother
Vitsa=clan/cousin/kin
Kumpanija/Kumpanije= work partner/ work companion
Shavora=Companion/soulmate
Pral/Pal=brother/friend
She'endra/She'endre=Bloodsister/bloodbrother=family=sibling
pikie=expelled gypsy
le Ratta Lexicul=The blood lexicon/their book of origin
Li'ha'eer=by the gods
Bater=may it be so as in challenge acceptance
Nais=Thank you
atch=stop
Sunt plina=I'm full/you're safe from me
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