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<BR>Shelta and Tarish are among the languages spoken by the Irish Tinkers.Shelta

is the most documented. The primary work on Shelta comes from MacAlister.

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<BR>Maclister, R. A. Stewart, 1937. The Secret Languages of Ireland with Special

<BR>Reference to the Origin and Nature of the Shelta Language. University Press:

Cambridge.

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<BR><B>Shelta - Bearlagair NA Saer Vocabularies</B>  Jean Hunt (Editor)</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="arial" LANG="0">

<FONT  COLOR="#000000" SIZE=1 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="arial" LANG="0">Format: Paperback, 46pp.

<BR><B>ISBN:</B> 0962681237

<BR><B>Publisher:</B> Hunt Asso

<BR><B>Pub. Date:</B> January  1991

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<BR>http://www.siu.edu/departments/cola/ling/reports/shelta/

<BR>http://home.sprintmail.com/~richardjwaters/shelta.htm

<BR>http://sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/collections/gypsy/travell.htm

<BR>http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/gypsyrunedhyn/gwagons.html

<BR>http://www.christusrex.org/www1/pater/JPN-shelta.html

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<BR>Patrick</FONT></HTML>