Fala dos arxinas
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Fala dos arxinas is the name of an argot
employed by stonecutters
in Galicia, Spain
, particularly in the area of Pontevedra
, based on galician language
. They handed down their knowledge in the art of how to split and cut stone by means of this secret language
from generation to generation.
, falar dos pedreiros in Portuguese
and Latín de los canteiros/canteros in Spanish
.
Translation:
«Boy, if you want to practice the job as a stone breaker well, you have to know the language in which the laws of how to cut stone are explained. When you go out into the world alone to work as a stone breaker you will talk to your job comrades in our language, if you want to be esteemed by them and not be treated badly by the masters and misters. Boy, you will not be a thief, boy, you will not be a drinker, boy, you will not be a liar. Boy you will be well doing. Boy, you will be taught. Boy, you will be true. Boy, you will be a worker.»
Argot
An Argot is a secret language used by various groups—including, but not limited to, thieves and other criminals—to prevent outsiders from understanding their conversations. The term argot is also used to refer to the informal specialized vocabulary from a particular field of study, hobby, job,...
employed by stonecutters
Stonemasonry
The craft of stonemasonry has existed since the dawn of civilization - creating buildings, structures, and sculpture using stone from the earth. These materials have been used to construct many of the long-lasting, ancient monuments, artifacts, cathedrals, and cities in a wide variety of cultures...
in Galicia, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, particularly in the area of Pontevedra
Pontevedra
Pontevedra is a city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the capital of both the comarca and province of Pontevedra, in Galicia . It is also the capital of its own municipality which is, in fact, often considered as an extension of the actual city...
, based on galician language
Galician language
Galician is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain, where it is co-official with Castilian Spanish, as well as in border zones of the neighbouring territories of Asturias and Castile and León.Modern Galician and...
. They handed down their knowledge in the art of how to split and cut stone by means of this secret language
Secret language
Secret language may refer to:* Cryptography, the practice and study of hiding information* Language game, a system of manipulating spoken words to render them incomprehensible to the untrained ear...
from generation to generation.
Name
It is variously known is Verbo das/dos arginas/arxinas, Latín dos canteiros in GalicianGalician language
Galician is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain, where it is co-official with Castilian Spanish, as well as in border zones of the neighbouring territories of Asturias and Castile and León.Modern Galician and...
, falar dos pedreiros in Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
and Latín de los canteiros/canteros in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
.
Sample of text
Morrón: pra cubicar muriar xidavante da argina, xeres interbar o verbo das arginas xejorrumeando explicas es deeglase dadellastadaria e xeras enenvestar moxe xido. Cando anisques solóte polo deundo a murriar como artina. Xera jalrruar toi compinches, o nobis verbo si xeres te ormeando aprecio, os do gichoficienes e nente de xerian perreamente os lapingos e buxos. Xilón, nexo agiote; xilón, nexo chumar; xilón, nexo esqueirar; xilón, xido cabancar; xilón, xido entileger; xilón, xido vay, xilón xido murriar.Translation:
«Boy, if you want to practice the job as a stone breaker well, you have to know the language in which the laws of how to cut stone are explained. When you go out into the world alone to work as a stone breaker you will talk to your job comrades in our language, if you want to be esteemed by them and not be treated badly by the masters and misters. Boy, you will not be a thief, boy, you will not be a drinker, boy, you will not be a liar. Boy you will be well doing. Boy, you will be taught. Boy, you will be true. Boy, you will be a worker.»
See also
- BaralleteBaralleteBarallete is a largely vanished argot which used to be employed by the traditional knife-sharpeners and umbrella-repairers of the Galician province of Ourense, in Spain....
- Bron
- CantCantCant, canting, or canted may refer to:*Empty, uncritical thought or talk - see *The slope or angle at which something is set, such as the frames of a ship's hull - again, see *Cant , a secret language...
- GaceríaGaceríaGacería is the name of a slang or argot employed by the trilleros and the briqueros in the village of Cantalejo, in the Spanish province of Segovia...