India, Oct. 22 -- Bulgarian Instagram user Hristiyan recently shared a video highlighting the striking similarities between the Romani gypsy language and Hindi. Hristiyan explained that he comes from one of the oldest Bulgarian Roma gypsy tribes - "my ancestors left India 1,500 years ago," he revealed.

Despite the long passage of time, the Romani gypsy language has retained many similarities with Hindi, Urdu, and other Indo-Aryan languages.

The Romani people - also known as Roma or Romanies - are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group who historically led a nomadic lifestyle. Today, they are spread across many countries, with significant populations in Eastern and Central Europe, particularly in Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia.

The...