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| Title: | Celt Notefile |
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| Moderator: | TALLIS::DARCY |
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| Created: | Wed Feb 19 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1632 |
| Total number of notes: | 20523 |
1499.0. "Shelta" by TALLIS::DARCY (Alpha Migration Tools) Thu Aug 24 1995 17:10
Julie found this at http://www-ala.doc.ic.ac.uk/~rap/Ethnologue.
It is a language web site. Now the question is, has anyone
heard "Shelta" being spoken by the travellers? Either in Ireland
or UK or Appalachia? /George
SHELTA (Ireland)
Country
Ireland
Language code
STH
Continent
Europe
Alternate language names
THE CANT, CANT, IRISH TRAVELER CANT
Genetic affiliation
Indo-European, Celtic, Insular, Goidelic
Population
6,000 in Ireland; 50,000 in USA; 30,000 in the United Kingdom (1990 I.
Hancock); 86,000 total
Status
Needs survey
Remarks
The secret language, or cryptolect, of Travellers in the British
Isles. Based largely on Irish. Not Gypsies
Total speakers
86,000
Also in
United Kingdom, USA
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