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--- languages:shelta_in_ireland_under_construction_2 [2025/10/07 01:46] – [Legislation on national level] isakor
+++ languages:shelta_in_ireland_under_construction_2 [2025/10/07 01:49] (current) – [Language vitality according to:] isakor
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 ^  [[https://en.wal.unesco.org/|UNESCO]]  ^  [[https://www.ethnologue.com/|Ethnologue]]  ^  [[http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/|Endangered Languages]]  ^  [[https://glottolog.org/| Glottolog]]  ^
-| // Site under construction (1.10.25) // | //{{ :endangerment:blue.png?nolink | Stable }}// | //{{ :endangerment:blue.png?nolink | Vulnurable }}// |  //{{ :endangerment:green.png?nolink | Not endangered}}//  |
+| // Site under construction (7.10.25) // | //{{ :endangerment:blue.png?nolink | Stable }}// | //{{ :endangerment:blue.png?nolink | Vulnurable }}// |  //{{ :endangerment:green.png?nolink | Not endangered}}//  |
 <sup> Click [[manual:colour_codes|here]] for a full overview of the language vitality colour codes. </sup>
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 ==== Language Area ====
-Shelta is a mixed language, often referred to as a secret language, spoken by the traditionally nomadic Irish Traveller community.((Velupillai, V. (2015). //Pidgins, Creoles and mixed languages : an introduction.// John Benjamins Publishing Company. http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1996995)) The Irish Traveller community is spread across the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.((Rieder, M., Rieder, & Scott. (2018). //Irish Traveller Language// (1st ed). Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-76714-7)) Due to a long history of discrimination, Irish Travellers are less nomadic and live throughout the Republic of Ireland, with large Irish Traveller communities seen in Galway City, Longford, and Offaly.((Central statistics office. (2023, October 26). Irish Travellers Census of Population 2022 Profile 5 - Diversity, Migration, Ethnicity, Irish Travellers & Religion - Central Statistics Office. Www.cso.ie. https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpp5/censusofpopulation2022profile5-diversitymigrationethnicityirishtravellersreligion/irishtravellers/)) Unfortunately, there is no information about the number of speakers in each of these areas.
+Shelta is a mixed language, often referred to as a secret language, spoken by the traditionally nomadic Irish Traveller community.((Velupillai, V. (2015). //Pidgins, Creoles and mixed languages : an introduction.// John Benjamins Publishing Company. http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1996995)) The Irish Traveller community is spread across the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.((Rieder, M., Rieder, & Scott. (2018). //Irish Traveller Language// (1st ed). Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-76714-7)) Due to a long history of discrimination, Irish Travellers are less nomadic and live throughout the Republic of Ireland, with large Irish Traveller communities seen in Galway City, Longford, and Offaly.((Central statistics office. (2023, October 26). Irish Travellers Census of Population 2022 Profile 5 - Diversity, Migration, Ethnicity, Irish Travellers & Religion - Central Statistics Office. Www.cso.ie. https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpp5/censusofpopulation2022profile5-diversitymigrationethnicityirishtravellersreligion/irishtravellers/)) Unfortunately, there is no information about the exact number of speakers in each of these areas across the Republic of Ireland.
 ==== Speaker numbers ====
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 **Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities**
-Ireland has [[general_information:glossary_of_terms#signature_of_a_treaty | signed]] and [[general_information:glossary_of_terms#ratification_of_a_treaty | ratified]] the [[general_information:glossary_of_terms#framework_convention_for_the_protection_of_national_minorities | Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities]]
+The Republic of Ireland has [[general_information:glossary_of_terms#signature_of_a_treaty | signed]] and [[general_information:glossary_of_terms#ratification_of_a_treaty | ratified]] the [[general_information:glossary_of_terms#framework_convention_for_the_protection_of_national_minorities | Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities]]
-  *Irish Travellers were officially recognized as national minorities in Ireland
+  *Irish Travellers were officially recognized as national minorities in the Republic of Ireland.
   *In the [[https://rm.coe.int/5th-op-ireland-en/1680b4868b | Fifth Opinion]] (2025), the Advisory Committee suggested that a detailed plan for the revitalization of Shelta be created alongside persons from the Traveller community. The opinion mentions the importance of media and reaching younger generations.
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 **European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages**
-Ireland has not [[general_information:glossary_of_terms#signature_of_a_treaty | signed]] the [[general_information:glossary_of_terms#european_charter_for_regional_and_minority_languages|European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages]].
+The Republic of Ireland has not [[general_information:glossary_of_terms#signature_of_a_treaty | signed]] the [[general_information:glossary_of_terms#european_charter_for_regional_and_minority_languages|European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages]].