Banjački

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Banjački is secret language of bricklayers 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.^[1]^[2] Serbian author Dragan Panić classifies it as a variant of šatrovački^[3].

[edit] Samples

Cyrillic		Latin
Banjački	Serbian	Banjački	Serbian	English
Кулаба кећаст, не убањава гарачу, шушљику и рушу да се попири!^[1]	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!	Boss is bad, he won't give us to drink coffee, rakija and beer!
У кулабинице се шумно кећурају коњиштаре и тавже шумне чкојалице.^[1]	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.	Boss' wife has good breasts and good legs.