Shelta

Facts

  • Language: Shelta
  • Alternate names: Cant, Gammon, Irish Traveler Cant, Sheldru, The Cant
  • Language code: sth
  • Language family: Mixed language, Irish-undocumented (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 27,000
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable
  • Script:

More information:

    The secret language, or cryptolect, of Travellers in the British Isles. Not Gypsies.

    Shelta is a secret language of travelers in the British Isles.