This site is here to introduce you to all of the Canting Tribes, the only UN recognised Indigenous Peoples of the UK and Ireland, and their cultures.

Who are the Canting Tribes?

The Canting Tribes are made up of several groups of people living in the UK and Ireland. There are the Indigenous Canting Tribes, such as the Pavee, Luchd Suibhail and the Nacken, and the Adopted Canting Tribes, such as the Romany.

The Indigenous Tribes may be grouped by culture, ethnicity, employment or by landscape- and they may be nomadic, or non-nomadic. (Not all Canting folk are Travellers)

The main thing we all hold in common is our language- the Cant, which is truly more of a sprawling language tree with hundreds of permutations.

PLEASE NOTE- THIS WEBSITE IS BEING CONSTANTLY UPDATED. IT IS RUN BY A SMALL TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE TRYING TO DOCUMENT OUR WAYS OF LIFE-WHILE STILL LIVING THEM.