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.