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Shelta

Shelta (/ˈʃɛltə/; Irish: Seiltis) is a language spoken by Irish Travellers (Mincéirí), particularly in Ireland and the United Kingdom. It is also widely known as the Cant, known to its native speakers in Ireland as de Gammon or Tarri, and known to the academic or professional linguistic community as Shelta. Other terms for it include the Seldru, and…

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Origins and history

LinguistsKuno MeyerRomaniJohn SampsonBilingualism
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SociologistMetathesisAffixingGypsiesGrammar
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Names and etymology

[the] CantCharles LelandCelticistsVerbal nounCelt
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IrishLanguageIrish TravellersIrelandUnited Kingdom
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ELP
Shelta
Ethnicity
Irish Travellers
Glottolog
shel1236
ISO 639-3
sth
Language family
mixed Irish–English
Linguasphere
50-ACA-a

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Shelta

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples111
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
Components1

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Shelta

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related to Bibliography · 18
Shelta → Also, Amsterdam, An Introduction, Armagh, Cambridge University Press, Craobh Rua Books, Creoles, Internet Archive, Ireland, ISBN, John Benjamins, Macalister, Mixed Languages, Pidgins, Stewart, The Secret Languages, Velupillai, Viveka
related to Names and etymology · 16
Shelta → Amongst, Bog Latin, Cant, Gammon, Irish Traveller, Ould Thing, People, Sheldru, Shelta Thari, Shelter, Shelteroch, Speakers, Tarri, The, Tinker's Cant, Variants
related to history · 15
Shelta → Celticist Kuno Meyer, Charles Leland, English, Hiberno-English, In, Irish, Irish-speaking, John Sampson, Linguists, Old Shelta, Romani, Scotland, Scots, The, Traveller
related to Etymology · 13
Shelta → Celt, Celtic, Charles Leland, English, English-based, Hiberno-English, Irish, Modern Celticists, Since Shelta, The, The Dictionary, The Gypsies, Travellers
related to Comparison texts · 9
Shelta → Below, Both, Cant, English, Hancock, Irish, Lord's Prayer, Shelta Cant, The
related to Lexicon · 7
Shelta → English, For, Irish, Many Shelta, Other, The, While Shelta
related to Grammar · 6
Shelta → Compare, English, Hiberno-English, Irish, Plurals, There
related to Orthography · 5
Shelta → Broadly, English-type, For, Irish-type, There
is a · 3
Shelta → mixture of English and Irish grammar, most commonly used term.Variants of the above names and additional names include Bog Latin, secret language
related to Loanwords · 2
Shelta → English, Some Shelta

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irish language cant gammon ireland words english word travellers community speakers grammar see hiberno-english symbols native 000 ipa either many

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SheltaELPShelta1.00infobox
SheltaEthnicityIrish Travellers1.00infobox
SheltaGlottologshel12361.00infobox
SheltaISO 639-3sth1.00infobox
SheltaLanguage familymixed Irish–English1.00infobox
SheltaLinguasphere50-ACA-a1.00infobox
SheltaNative speakers50,000 (2008)1.00infobox
SheltaRegionIreland1.00infobox
SheltaWriting systemLatin1.00infobox
Sheltais amost commonly used term.Variants of the above names and additional names include Bog Latin0.90text
Sheltais amixture of English and Irish grammar0.90text
Sheltais asecret language0.90text

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