("Latin of the stonecutters") or is an argot employed by stonecutters in Galicia, Spain, particularly in the area of Pontevedra,El Basilisco, número 3, julio-agosto 1978, Teatro Critico, sobre jergas de gremio e iniciación en el gran tronco Jacobeo, Fernando Sánchez Dragó, Madrid based on the Galician language. They handed down their knowledge in the art of how to split and cut stone by means of this secret language to the next generation.
Description The argot contains a number of Basque loanwords.Varela Pose, F.J. (2004) O latín dos canteiros en Cabana de Bergantiños . (pdf) Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
Sample of text +In Ballesteros, Curial Julio Verbo das arginas. Jerga-latín de los canteros Pontevedra (1919)English translationBoy, if you want to practise 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 themand 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 Barallete Bron Cant Gacería
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