Shelta

Summary

Shelta is a language^[1]. Shelta ranks in the top 0.75% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (683 views/month, #42 of 5,611).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shelta is in the country of Ireland^[3].
• Shelta is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Shelta's instance of is recorded as language^[5].
• Shelta's instance of is recorded as modern language^[6].
• Shelta's instance of is recorded as mixed language^[7].
• Shelta's instance of is recorded as cant^[8].
• Shelta's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as sth^[9].
• Shelta's GND ID is recorded as 7652984-8^[10].
• Shelta's subclass of is recorded as Irish^[11].
• Shelta's subclass of is recorded as Hiberno-English^[12].
• Shelta's writing system is recorded as Latin script^[13].
• Shelta's IETF language tag is recorded as sth^[14].
• Shelta's Wikimedia language code is recorded as sth^[15].
• Shelta's country of origin is recorded as Ireland^[16].
• Shelta's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01bx1n^[17].
• Shelta's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shelta language^[18].
• Shelta's described at URL is recorded as https://nationalinventoryich.chg.gov.ie/cant-gammon/^[19].
• Shelta's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300389257^[20].
• Shelta's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+86000'}^[21].
• Shelta's Glottolog code is recorded as shel1236^[22].
• Shelta's Linguasphere code is recorded as 50-ACA-a^[23].
• Shelta's used by is recorded as Irish Travellers^[24].
• Shelta's Ethnologue.com language code is recorded as sth^[25].
• Shelta's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'sth', 'text': 'Gammon'}^[26].
• Shelta's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'sth', 'text': 'Cant'}^[27].

Why It Matters

Shelta ranks in the top 0.75% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (683 views/month, #42 of 5,611).^[2] Shelta has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Shelta is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]