Arlije

Arlije
Erlides
Yerli
Languages
	Balkan Romani, Macedonian, Albanian, Balkan Gagauz Turkish
Religion
	Cultural Muslims

The sedentary Arlije are the main group of Romani people in North Macedonia, and the majority live in Šuto Orizari Municipality. They were once taken from Anatolia and settled in Rumelia at the time of the Ottoman Empire and belong to the Muslim Romani people. There are various subgroups of the Arlije, named after their traditional occupations,^[1] living in North Macedonia^[2]^[3] ,Kosovo, and southern Serbia.^[3] Beside Macedonian and Albanian, they speak the of Balkan Romani.^[4] The word Arlije (singular Arli) is derived from the Turkish word Yerli (meaning "native" or "settled"),^[5] as does the name Erlides (Greek: Ερλίδες, singular Erli) of a similar group living in Greece.^[1]^[6] The biggest settlement of Arlije is in Šuto Orizari in North Macedonia. In Turkey, they are called Yerli Romanlar and only speak Balkan Gagauz Turkish.^[7]

Many Arlije have moved to Austria and Germany as guestworkers. Some Arli men have married Austrian and German women.^[6]^{[failed verification]}

People of Arlije descent[]

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