Shelta
PrintA language of Ireland
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Cant, Gammon, Irish Traveler Cant, Sheldru, The Cant
Population
6,000 in Ireland. Population total all countries: 86,000.
Location
Also in United Kingdom, United States.
Language Status
6a (Vigorous).
Classification
Dialects
Based largely on Irish [gle] with influence from an undocumented source.
The secret language, or cryptolect, of Travellers in the British Isles. Not Gypsies.