English-based argots

Shelta (; Irish: ) is a language spoken by Irish Travellers (), particularly in Ireland and the United Kingdom. It is also widely known as the Cant, known to its native speakers in Ireland as ' or , and known to the academic or professional linguistic community as Shelta. Other terms for it include the Seldru, and Shelta Thari', among others (see below).

secret language game

Nadsat is a fictional register or argot used by the teenage gang members in Anthony Burgess' dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange. Burgess was a linguist and he used this background to depict his characters as speaking a form of Russian-influenced English. The name comes from the Russian suffix equivalent of -teen as in thirteen (, ). Nadsat was also used in Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation of the book.

Polari () is a form of slang or cant historically used primarily in the United Kingdom among the gay subculture, as well as some actors, circus and fairground performers, professional wrestlers, merchant navy sailors, criminals, and prostitutes.

South-African slang

English-influenced slang lect of Swahili

coded form of English speech

any system of slang in which a word is replaced with a phrase that rhymes with it

Iyaric, also called Dread Talk or Rasta Talk, is a form of language constructed by members of the Rastafari movement through alteration of vocabulary. When Africans were taken into captivity as a part of the slave trade, English was imposed as a colonial language. In defiance, the Rastafari movement created a modified English vocabulary and dialect, with the aim of liberating their language from its history as a tool of colonial oppression. Iyaric sometimes also plays a liturgical role among Rastas, in addition to Amharic and Ge'ez.

Swardspeak (also known as salitang bakla (lit. 'gay speak') or "gay lingo") or Bekinese, is an argot or cant slang derived from Taglish (Tagalog-English code-switching) and used by a number of LGBT people in the Philippines.

thumb|Gloria Mcilwain saying "Circle" in Tutnese (Southern Dialect) thumb|Gloria Mcilwain saying "Welcome" in Tutnese (Southern Dialect) thumb|Gloria Mcilwain saying "Bubbles" in Tutnese (Southern Dialect) Tutnese (also known as Tut) is an argot created by enslaved African Americans based on African-American Vernacular English as a method to covertly teach and learn spelling and reading.