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ISO 639-3 · trltrl
Indo-European family · creole or pidgin
Scottish Cant
Scottish Cant is a creole or pidgin of the Para-Romani branch (Indo-European), spoken in United Kingdom and Canada. Wikidata describes it as “mixed language spoken in Scotland”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
trl- Glottocode
trav1235- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Wikipedia
- 6 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
5levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Scottish Cant |
|---|---|
| Also called | Traveller Scottish, Scots-Romani, Scotch-Romani |
| Kind | creole or pidgin |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Scottish Cant
The branches above Scottish Cant, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in United Kingdom
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalurdUrduunclassified · 162.6 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafesylSylhetiIndo-European · 14 m3 · Wider CommunicationscoScotsIndo-European · 1.6 m5 · DevelopingsrdSardinianIndo-European · 1.3 mDefinitely endangeredgleIrishIndo-European · 1.2 m3 · Wider CommunicationyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredcymWelshIndo-European · 724,0002 · ProvincialrmyVlax RomaniIndo-European · 538,4806b · Threatened