Banjacki
Encyclopedia
Banjački is secret language
of bricklayer
s from Podrinje region (eastern Bosnia
and western Serbia
).
The language was invented by brickworkers from Osat
in eastern Bosnia and later spread to surrounding regions. Brickworkers are using when they want to hide something from their employers. Serbian author Dragan Panić classifies it as a variant of šatrovački
.
Cant (language)
A Cant is the jargon or argot of a group, often implying its use to exclude or mislead people outside the group.-Derivation in Celtic linguistics:...
of bricklayer
Bricklayer
A bricklayer or mason is a craftsman who lays bricks to construct brickwork. The term also refers to personnel who use blocks to construct blockwork walls and other forms of masonry. In British and Australian English, a bricklayer is colloquially known as a "brickie".The training of a trade in...
s from Podrinje region (eastern Bosnia
Bosnia (region)
Bosnia is a eponomous region of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies mainly in the Dinaric Alps, ranging to the southern borders of the Pannonian plain, with the rivers Sava and Drina marking its northern and eastern borders. The other eponomous region, the southern, other half of the country is...
and western Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
).
The language was invented by brickworkers from Osat
OSAT
OSAT may refer to:*Open Source Appropriate Technology*Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test, see :Category:Assembly and Test semiconductor companies...
in eastern Bosnia and later spread to surrounding regions. Brickworkers are using when they want to hide something from their employers. Serbian author Dragan Panić classifies it as a variant of šatrovački
Šatrovacki
Šatrovački is a feature of permuting syllables of words used in Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Macedonian. It is similar to verlan and louchébem in French. The term is sometimes used to describe other slang in which words are deformed, as well.Šatrovački was initially developed by criminals in...
.
Samples
Cyrillic | Latin | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Banjački | Serbian | Banjački | Serbian | English |
Кулаба кећаст, не убањава гарачу, шушљику и рушу да се попири! | Газда је лош, не да кафу, ракију и пиво да се попије! | Kulaba kećast, ne ubanjava garaču, šušljiku i rušu da se popiri! | Gazda je loš, ne da kafu, rakiju i pivo da se popije! | The boss is bad, he doesn't allow [us] coffee, rakija or beer! |
У кулабинице се шумно кећурају коњиштаре и тавже шумне чкојалице. | Газдарица има добре груди, а има и добре ноге. | U kulabinice se šumno kećuraju konjištare i tavže šumne čkojalice. | Gazdarica ima dobre grudi, a ima i dobre noge. | The boss's wife has nice breasts and legs. |