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A cryptolect or cant is a language spoken and learned only by specific members of a group with the intention of using it to communicate unintelligibly from the perspective of those outside the group. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Cant is a term generally used to describe secret languages (cryptolects) used by gypsies, thieves, and others who have a need to communicate freely without necessarily conveying their meaning to a wider audience. ... Cant is a term generally used to describe secret languages (cryptolects) used by gypsies, thieves, and others who have a need to communicate freely without necessarily conveying their meaning to a wider audience. ...
Examples of cryptolects
Thieves' Cant -- language used mostly in former times by thieves, beggars and hustlers.
A cryptolect or cant is a language spoken and learned only by specific members of a group with the intention of using it to communicate unintelligibly from the perspective of those outside the group.
Cant is a term generally used to describe secret languages (cryptolects) used by gypsies, thieves, and others who have a need to communicate freely without necessarily conveying their meaning to a wider audience.
Language varieties and styles Thieves Cant is a secret language (or cryptolect) formerly used in Great Britain, and to a lesser extent in other English-speaking countries, by thieves, beggars and hustlers of various kinds.
Cant is an example of a cryptolect, a characteristic or secret language used only by members of a group, often used to conceal the meaning from those outside the group.
There are questions about how genuinely the literature reflected vernacular use in the criminal underworld.
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