Name: Hantec enthusiasts seek to make the Brno sociolect part of UNESCO list
Uploaded: 2024-07-11T22:29:01+00:00
Channel: Martin Hladík
Description: The promoters of hantec, a unique Czech language variety, spoken by the lower classes of Brno during the 19th and early 20th centuries, would like get it inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible World Heritage List. They are hoping that this might prevent the famous sociolect from completely dying out. Although hantec no longer exists in

Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

The promoters of hantec, a unique Czech language variety, spoken by the lower classes of Brno during the 19th and early 20th centuries, would like get it inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible World Heritage List. They are hoping that this might prevent the famous sociolect from completely dying out.

Although hantec no longer exists in its original form, many of the words and expressions, such as šalina (tram), or čurina (fun), have become part of spoken Czech in Brno.

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Author: Ruth Fraňková