Editing Shelta (section)

==Comparison texts==
Below are reproductions of the ''[[Lord's Prayer]]'' in Shelta as it occurred a century ago{{when|date=December 2023}}, current Shelta Cant, and modern English and Irish versions for comparison. The 19th-century Shelta version shows a high Shelta lexical content while the later Cant version shows a much lower Shelta lexical content. Both versions are adapted from Hancock<ref>{{Cite journal |doi=10.2307/454664 |last=Hancock |first=I. |date=1986 |title=The cryptolectal speech of the American roads: Traveller Cant and American Angloromani |journal=American Speech |volume=61 |issue=3 |pages=207–208 |publisher=[[Duke University Press]] |jstor=454664}}</ref> who notes that the Cant reproduction is not exactly representative of actual speech in normal situations.

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!Shelta (old)
!Shelta (current)
!English
![[Irish language|Irish]]
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|{{lang|sth|Mwilsha's gater, swart a manyath,}}
|{{lang|sth|Our gathra, who cradgies in the manyak-norch,}}
|Our Father, who art in heaven,
|{{lang|ga|Ár n-Athair atá ar neamh,}}
|-
|{{lang|sth|Manyi graw a kradji dilsha's manik.}}
|{{lang|sth|We turry kerrath about your moniker.}}
|Hallowed be thy name.
|{{lang|ga|Go naofar d'ainm,}}
|-
|{{lang|sth|Graw bi greydid, sheydi laadu}}
|{{lang|sth|Let's turry to the norch where your jeel cradgies,}}
|Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done,
|{{lang|ga|Go dtaga do ríocht, Go ndéantar do thoil}}
|-
|{{lang|sth|Az aswart in manyath.}}
|{{lang|sth|And let your jeel shans get greydied nosher same as it is where you cradgie.}}
|On earth as it is in heaven.
|{{lang|ga|ar an talamh, mar a dhéantar ar neamh.}}
|-
|{{lang|sth|Bag mwilsha talosk minyart goshta dura.}}
|{{lang|sth|Bug us eynik to lush this thullis,}}
|Give us today our daily bread.
|{{lang|ga|Ár n-arán laethúil tabhair dúinn inniú,}}
|-
|{{lang|sth|Geychel aur shaaku areyk mwilsha}}
|{{lang|sth|And turri us you're nijesh sharrig for the eyniks we greydied}}
|And forgive us our trespasses,
|{{lang|ga|Agus maith dúinn ár bhfiacha}}
|-
|{{lang|sth|Geychas needjas greydi gyamyath mwilsha.}}
|{{lang|sth|Just like we ain't sharrig at the needies that greydi the same to us.}}
|As we forgive those who trespass against us.
|{{lang|ga|Mar a mhaithimid ár bhfiachóirí féin}}
|-
|{{lang|sth|Nijesh solk mwil start gyamyath,}}
|{{lang|sth|Nijesh let us soonie eyniks that'll make us greydi gammy eyniks,}}
|And lead us not into temptation,
|{{lang|ga|Is ná lig sinn i gcathú}}
|-
|{{lang|sth|Bat bog mwilsha ahim gyamyath.}}
|{{lang|sth|But solk us away from the taddy.}}
|but deliver us from evil.
|{{lang|ga|ach saor sinn ó olc.}}
|-
|{{lang|sth|Diyil the sridag, taajirath an manyath}}
|
|Yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory
|{{lang|ga|Óir is leatsa an Ríocht agus an chumhacht agus an Ghlóir,}}
|-
|{{lang|sth|Gradum a gradum.}}
|
|For ever and ever
|{{lang|ga|Tré shaol na saol}}
|-
|{{lang|sth|Naemia.}}
|
|Amen.
|{{lang|ga|Áiméan.}}
|}