Così vicini, così lontani : i parlanti romanì e la scuola

The article contains a reflection about the situation of the Romani language in the Italian law, society and school. Despite of its significant number of speakers Romani in Italy is not officially recognized as minority language and also in the schools very few attention has been paid so far to the linguistic identity and specificity of Romani speaking pupils. The author develops some considerations about the status of Romani in Italy with particular reference to the problems of the linguistic education of Romani speaking students and of the linguistic upgrading of Romani in the Italian society and school.