ISO 639-3 · sthsth
Indo-European family · creole or pidgin
Shelta
Gammon
Shelta is a creole or pidgin of the Goidelic branch (Indo-European), spoken in Ireland and United Kingdom. Wikidata counts about 86,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “minority constructed language traditionally spoken by Irish Travellers”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
sth- Glottocode
shel1236- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 33 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Shelta · Gammon |
|---|---|
| Also called | Gammon, Cant, Tarri, Gamin, Sheldrü |
| All speakers | 86,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Kind | creole or pidgin |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Shelta
The branches above Shelta, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.