Examples of Cants
- Banjački, from Serbia
- Barallete, from Galicia, Spain
- Bargoens, from the Netherlands
- Bron from León and Asturias
- Beurla Reagaird a Gaelic based cant used by Highland Traveller community in Scotland, Britain
- Fala dos arxinas, from Galicia, Spain
- Fenya from Russia
- Gacería, from Spain
- Germanía, from Spain
- Grypsera, from Poland
- Klezmer-loshn, from Eastern Europe
- Lunfardo, from Argentina and Uruguay
- Javanais, from France
- Louchébem, from France
- Meshterski, from Bulgaria
- Padonkaffsky jargon from Runet
- Polari, a general term for a diverse but unrelated grouping of dialects or argots within the United Kingdom. Polari is used by various unrelated groups—including, but not limited to; actors, circus and fairground showmen, gay subculture, criminal underworld (criminals, prostitutes). The broad term Polari indicates a wide variety of discrete and secret communication which is group-specific, but would be unintelligible to the wider community including groups who speak other Polari cants, to prevent the outsider from understanding the users' conversations.
- Rotwelsch, from Germany
- Šatrovački, from the former Yugoslavia
- Thieves' cant, from Britain
- Verlan, from France
- Xíriga, from Asturias, Spain
- Scottish Cant a variant of Scots and Romani used by the Lowland Gypsies in Scotland, Britain
- Shelta, from the Irish traveller community in Ireland
- Pajubá, in the travesti subculture in Brazil, latter expanded to LGBT in general
- Miguxês and tiopês, from the emo, indie and scene kid subcultures of young netizen Brazilians
- Jejemon from the Philippines
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