Editing Shelta (section)

===Etymology===
The word ''Shelta'' appeared in print for the first time in 1882, in the book ''The Gypsies'' by the "gypsiologist" [[Charles Leland]], who claimed to have discovered it as the "fifth Celtic tongue". The word's etymology has long been a matter of debate. Modern [[Celtic studies|Celticists]] believe that Irish {{lang|ga|siúl}} {{IPA|ga|ʃuːlʲ|}} "to walk" is at the root, either via a term such as {{lang|ga|siúltóir}} {{IPA|ga|ˈʃuːl̪ˠt̪ˠoːɾʲ|}} 'a walker' or a form of the [[verbal noun]] {{lang|ga|siúladh}}, cf. {{lang|ga|an lucht siúlta}} {{IPA|ga|ənˠ ˌl̪ˠʊxt̪ˠ ˈʃuːl̪ˠt̪ˠə|}}, 'the walking people', lit. 'the people of walks',<ref>{{cite book |title=Collins Irish Dictionary |publisher=HarperCollins |date=2006}}</ref> the traditional Irish term for Travellers.<ref name="Queen's" /> 

The ''Dictionary of Hiberno-English'' cites it as possibly a corruption of the word ''[[Celt]]''.<ref name="Dolan" /> Since Shelta is a mixture of English and Irish grammar, the etymology is not straightforward. The language is made up mostly of Irish lexicon, being classified as a grammar-lexicon language with the grammar being English-based.<ref name="Velupillai 2015 381">{{harvp|Velupillai|2015|p=381}}</ref>