Scottish Cant

Scottish Cant
Scottish Cant
Scots-Romani
Native to	United Kingdom
Region	Scotland
Ethnicity	Scottish Romani and Traveller groups
Native speakers	460 in Scotland (2011)
Language family	Indo-European mixed language Scottish Cant; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	trl
Glottolog	trav1235

Scottish Cant (often called Scots-Romani or Scotch-Romani) is a cant spoken by Scottish Travellers and Scottish Lowland Roma, primarily in the Scottish Lowlands.^[2]

Classification

Up to 50% of Scottish Cant originates from Romani-derived lexicon.^[3]

The Scottish Gaelic element in the dialects of Scottish Cant is put anywhere between 0.8% and 20%.^[2]

Use of archaic Scots

Scottish Cant uses numerous terms derived from Scots which are no longer current in Modern Scots as spoken by non-Travellers, such as mowdit "buried", mools "earth", both from muild(s), and gellie, from gailey (galley), "a bothy".^[2]

Gaelic influences

Loans from Gaelic include words like:^[2]

cluishes "ears" (Gaelic cluasan or cluais, a dative form of cluas "ear")
shain "bad" (Gaelic sean "old")

Romani influences

The percentage of Romani lexical vocabulary is said to be up to 50% of the lexicon; some examples are:^[2]

gadgie "man" (Romani gadžó "a non-Romani person")
pannie "water" (Romani paní)

Recordings

Hamish Henderson and other folklorists recorded various conversations about the Scottish Cant language, with speakers including Lizzie Higgins and Jeannie Robertson.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10] He also recorded Belle Stewart singing a version of "Dance to Your Daddy" in both Cant and Scots.^[11]

References

^ Scottish Cant at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Kirk, J. & Ó Baoill, D. Travellers and their Language (2002) Queen's University Belfast ISBN 0-85389-832-4
^ Wilde 1889, cited in Not just lucky white heather and clothes pegs: putting European Gypsies and Traveller economic niches in context. In: Ethnicity and Economy:Race and class revisited. C. Clark (2002). Strathclyde University.
^ "Tobar an Dualchais". Tobar an Dualchais. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
^ "Tobar an Dualchais". Tobar an Dualchais. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
^ "Tobar an Dualchais". Tobar an Dualchais. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
^ "Tobar an Dualchais". Tobar an Dualchais. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
^ "Tobar an Dualchais". Tobar an Dualchais. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
^ "Tobar an Dualchais". Tobar an Dualchais. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
^ "Tobar an Dualchais". Tobar an Dualchais. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
^ "Tobar an Dualchais". Tobar an Dualchais. Retrieved 2021-12-01.

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[e25-1] Scottish Cant at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[Queen's-2] Kirk, J. & Ó Baoill, D. Travellers and their Language (2002) Queen's University Belfast ISBN 0-85389-832-4

[Economy_2002-3] Wilde 1889, cited in Not just lucky white heather and clothes pegs: putting European Gypsies and Traveller economic niches in context. In: Ethnicity and Economy:Race and class revisited. C. Clark (2002). Strathclyde University.

[4] "Tobar an Dualchais". Tobar an Dualchais. Retrieved 2021-12-01.

[5] "Tobar an Dualchais". Tobar an Dualchais. Retrieved 2021-12-01.

[6] "Tobar an Dualchais". Tobar an Dualchais. Retrieved 2021-12-01.

[7] "Tobar an Dualchais". Tobar an Dualchais. Retrieved 2021-12-01.

[8] "Tobar an Dualchais". Tobar an Dualchais. Retrieved 2021-12-01.

[9] "Tobar an Dualchais". Tobar an Dualchais. Retrieved 2021-12-01.

[10] "Tobar an Dualchais". Tobar an Dualchais. Retrieved 2021-12-01.

[11] "Tobar an Dualchais". Tobar an Dualchais. Retrieved 2021-12-01.

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