STH ISO 639-3
Shelta
De Gammon Autonym
A language of Ireland
- ISO 639
- sth
- Alternate Names
- Bog Latin, Cant, Gammon, Irish Traveler Cant, Sheldru, Shelter, Shelterorch, Tarri, The Cant, Tinker’s Cant, the Ould Thing
- Autonym
- De Gammon
- Population
- 27,000 in Ireland (2008 A. Redmond). Total users in all countries: 50,700.
- Location:
- Major cities.
- Language Status
- 6a* (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Mixed language, Irish-undocumented
- Dialects
- None known. Based largely on Irish [gle] with influence from an undocumented source.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Shelta
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- The secret language, or cryptolect, of Travellers in the British Isles. Not Roma.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Scattered in Northern Ireland; major cities of England and Scotland.
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous) View other languages of United Kingdom
Language Name
Shelta
User Population
16,700 in United Kingdom (2008 A. Redmond). 15,000 in England and Scotland, 1,710 in Northern Ireland (2008 A. Redmond).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United States
Language Name
Shelta
User Population
7,000 in United States (2008 A. Redmond).
Map
Location: Major cities.
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