Shelta
Meanings
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- A language spoken by some Irish Travellers, particularly in Ireland, but also in Britain, which has been heavily influenced by English and Irish and is now effectively a cant or creole, though some scholars think it may have originated as and may retain elements of a non-Irish, non-English language.
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Etymology
Uncertain. Some theories include words derived from the Irish word Irish siúl (walk), or a corruption of the word Celt.
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