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Shelta (/ ˈ ʃ ɛ l t ə /; [2] Irish: Seiltis) [3] is a language spoken by Irish Travellers (Mincéirí), particularly in Ireland and the United Kingdom. [4] It is widely known as the Cant, to its native speakers in Ireland as de Gammon or Tarri, and to the linguistic community as Shelta. [5]
Irish Travellers (Irish: an lucht siúil, meaning the walking people), also known as Pavees or Mincéirs [4] (Shelta: Mincéirí), [5] are a traditionally peripatetic indigenous [6] ethno-cultural group originating in Ireland. [7] [8] [9] They are predominantly English-speaking, though many also speak Shelta, a language of mixed English and ...
From Irish Seoinín, a little John (in a Gaelic version of the English form, Seon, not the Irish Seán). Sidhe (Modern Sí) – the fairies, fairyland. slauntiagh – An obsolete word for sureties or guarantees, which comes from Irish sláinteacha with the same meaning. sleeveen, sleiveen – (from slíbhín) an untrustworthy or cunning person ...
Highland Traveller's Cant (or Beurla Reagaird) is a Gaelic-based cant of the Indigenous Highland Traveller population. [2] The cants are mutually unintelligible. The word has also been used as a suffix to coin names for modern-day jargons such as "medicant", a term used to refer to the type of language employed by members of the medical ...
[53] [43] [6] In 2018, 19% of Irish Travellers, and 16% of Gypsy and Roma students, achieved 4 GCSEs at grade C or above, compared to a national average of 64%. [54] Gypsy Roma and Traveller groups also have the highest exclusion rates and lowest attendance of any ethnic group. [2]
Travellers refer to themselves as Mincéirí or Pavees in their own language or in Irish as an Lucht Siúil, meaning literally "the walking people". The language of the Irish Travellers, Shelta, is mainly based on an Irish lexicon and an English grammar. There are two dialects of this language: Gammon (or Gamin) and Cant.
Each lesson contains new words, basic sentences for each of the new words, revisionary sentences, a second section of new material and a situational conversation. The book's lessons are intended to be used with recorded versions of the Irish words and sentences they contain. The current publications, unlike earlier ones, come with the recordings.
Pikey (/ ˈ p aɪ k iː /; also spelled pikie, pykie) [1] [2] is an ethnic slur referring to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people.It is used mainly in the United Kingdom and in Ireland to refer to people who belong to groups which had a traditional travelling lifestyle.