A Few Words of Cant, the Language of Irish Travellers
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Irish Pavee Traveller Dialect Gammon Shelta The Cant And 1951 National
Irish Pavee Traveller Dialect Gammon Shelta The Cant And 1951 National
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Irish Travellers
Irish Travellers speak English and sometimes one of two dialects of Shelta — Gammon (or Gamin) and Irish Traveller Cant. Shelta has been dated back to the 18th century but may be older. Cant, which derives from Irish, is a combination of English and Shelta. Jean-Pierre Liégeois [fr] writes that the Irish Traveller …
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words and phrases in Irish Cant? For Irish Travellers, the language you speak can have varying names according to the family you belong to. Mincéir Thari can be called Shelta, Cant or De …
Shelta
The language is known by various names. People outside the Irish Traveller community often refer to it as [the] Cant, the etymology of which is a matter of debate. Speakers of the language refer to it as [the] Cant, [de] Gammon or Tarri. Amongst linguists, the name Shelta is the most commonly used term. Variants of the above names and additional names include Bog Latin, Gammon, Sheldru, Shelte…
Language
To some it is known as Shelta, Gammon (Gamin) or Cant (Minceirtoiree). Minceir means Traveller and Toiree means talk, so Traveller talk. Cant, or even Minceirs Toiree. A large number of families would call it Gammon (or Gamin) as this is a …
GammonCant
GammonCant for the Travelling community a language is called various names and titles, influenced mainly by which family line or cluster a Traveller comes from. Some title it Gammon …
Irish Travellers’ views on Cant: what folk criteria of languageness ...
This article argues that Irish Travellers’ ideologies of languageness and their definition of Cant are closely linked to their perceptions of social reality. Cant is a communicative code which …
Irish Cant or De Gammon
For Irish Travellers, the language you speak can have varying names according to the family you belong to. Mincéir Thari can be called Shelta, Cant or De Gammon. It is an ancient indigenous language formed using […]
Irish Travellers
Irish Travellers speak English as well as their own language, known variously as Cant, Gammon, or Shelta. Cant is influenced by Irish and Hiberno-English and remains a largely unwritten language. According to the …
In a word . . . Cant
There is a cant that is derived from the Irish word word caint, meaning speech or talk. Also the Scots Gaelic word cainnt. It gives us “the Cant”, a creole language developed by …
Cant
Cant / Gammon is a traditional language spoken by Irish Travellers. It is considered a creole language developed by Travellers from Irish, Scots Gaelic, and English-speaking backgrounds. …
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Irish Travellers speak English and sometimes one of two dialects of Shelta — Gammon (or Gamin) and Irish Traveller Cant. Shelta has been dated back to the 18th century but may be older. Cant, which derives from Irish, is a combination of English and Shelta. Jean-Pierre Liégeois [fr] writes that the Irish Traveller …
words and phrases in Irish Cant? For Irish Travellers, the language you speak can have varying names according to the family you belong to. Mincéir Thari can be called Shelta, Cant or De …
The language is known by various names. People outside the Irish Traveller community often refer to it as [the] Cant, the etymology of which is a matter of debate. Speakers of the language refer to it as [the] Cant, [de] Gammon or Tarri. Amongst linguists, the name Shelta is the most commonly used term. Variants of the above names and additional names include Bog Latin, Gammon, Sheldru, Shelte…
To some it is known as Shelta, Gammon (Gamin) or Cant (Minceirtoiree). Minceir means Traveller and Toiree means talk, so Traveller talk. Cant, or even Minceirs Toiree. A large number of families would call it Gammon (or Gamin) as this is a …
GammonCant for the Travelling community a language is called various names and titles, influenced mainly by which family line or cluster a Traveller comes from. Some title it Gammon …
This article argues that Irish Travellers’ ideologies of languageness and their definition of Cant are closely linked to their perceptions of social reality. Cant is a communicative code which …
For Irish Travellers, the language you speak can have varying names according to the family you belong to. Mincéir Thari can be called Shelta, Cant or De Gammon. It is an ancient indigenous language formed using […]
Irish Travellers speak English as well as their own language, known variously as Cant, Gammon, or Shelta. Cant is influenced by Irish and Hiberno-English and remains a largely unwritten language. According to the …
There is a cant that is derived from the Irish word word caint, meaning speech or talk. Also the Scots Gaelic word cainnt. It gives us “the Cant”, a creole language developed by …
Cant / Gammon is a traditional language spoken by Irish Travellers. It is considered a creole language developed by Travellers from Irish, Scots Gaelic, and English-speaking backgrounds. …