A cant is the jargon or language of a group, often employed to exclude or mislead people outside the group. It may also be called a cryptolect, argot,...

Thieves' cant (also known as thieves' argot, rogues' cant, or peddler's French) is a cant, cryptolect, or argot which was formerly used by thieves, beggars...

cant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cant, CANT, canting, or canted may refer to: Cant (language), a secret language Beurla Reagaird, a language of...

Secret language may refer to: Cant (language), also known as cryptolect, the jargon or argot of a group, often employed to exclude or mislead people outside...

whether Scottish Cant is the result of Scottish Lowland Romani Travellers transitioning from speaking Romani to speaking a mixed language (like what happened...

a list of pidgins, creoles, mixed languages and cants that are based or partially based on Indo-European languages. Europe Solombala English Europe Russenorsk...

A language game (also called a cant, secret language, ludling, or argot) is a system of manipulating spoken words to render them incomprehensible to an...

Idiolect Cant (language) ISO, SIL, and BCP language codes for constructed languages Language construction Artificial script Langmaker Language Construction...

Bargoens [bɑrˈɣuns] is a form of Dutch slang. More specifically, it is a cant language that arose in the 17th century, and was used by criminals, tramps and...

Seiltis) is a language spoken by Mincéirí (Irish Travellers), particularly in Ireland and the United Kingdom. It is widely known as the Cant, to its native...

the most significant English-language slang dictionary until John Camden Hotten's 1859 A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words. In recent...

several languages spoken by gay communities: Swardspeak or Beki language, a cant slang used by gay communities in the Philippines Polari, cant slang used...

[ˈfʲenʲə]) or fen'ka (Russian: фенька, IPA: [ˈfʲenʲkə]) is a Russian cant language originated among the travelling peddlers and currently used in the Russian...

Runet subculture called padonki (падонки). It started as an Internet slang language originally used in the Russian Internet community. It is comparable to...

together with the speech community, on its revitalization. Languages of Portugal Cant (language) Minderico at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)...

England, Wales, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. They speak Scottish Cant, a para-Romani language-mix of Scots and Romani, similar to Angloromani and Scandoromani...

Along with English, it is the co-official language of Norfolk Island. Norfuk has always been a linguistic cant. As travel to and from Norfolk Island becomes...

blocks resembling small cottages in their appearance; in the English cant language of Polari this became a double entendre by gay men referring to sexual...

with an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches, &c. Cant (language) Coleman (2004): pp. 41–42. Coleman, Julie (2001). "Some of the sources...

Pig Latin is a language game, argot, or cant in which words in English are altered, usually by adding a fabricated suffix or by moving the onset or initial...

English-based cant, perhaps a mixed language or creole, originating among the urban youth of Nairobi, Kenya, and influenced by many of the languages spoken there...

secret language, a cant or thieves' argot, spoken by groups (primarily marginalized groups) in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Bohemia. The language is...

slang cheli and quinqui, the language of another Iberian group of travellers who are not ethnically Romani. Gacería, a cant spoken by makers of agricultural...

Beurla Reagair or Beurla-reagaird) is a nearly extinct, Scottish Gaelic-based cant used by the indigenous Traveller community of the Highlands of Scotland,...

often a blend of the regional settled language and Romani language, but sometimes a cant based on a regional language without Romani influence. As opposed...

Korean ginseng-harvester's cant (Korean: 심마니의 은어, 심마니말) are a collection of cants that are widely used by ginseng-harvesters (심마니; Simmani) when harvesting...

the word quincallería (ironmongery), from ironmongers who first used this cant as part of their trade. Because the men were frequently blamed for petty...

Caucasian language, possibly in the Circassian subgroup. According to linguist John Colarusso, Chakobsa is also known as shikwoshir or the 'hunting language' and...

in the Chicago area. Likewise, homosexuals in Britain might use the cant language Polari. Mark Twain used an explicit shibboleth to conceal a furtive...

trying to confuse and prevent Jim Hacker from taking charge. Black box Cant (language) Code word (figure of speech) Doublespeak Fallacy of quoting out of...