The Bohemian Language
Bohemian language evolved from the
difficult situation of the Kingdom at the end of XVI. century. Although
till that time the Czech language was the most used one, including wide
spectrum of beletry, philosophical works and poetry, Habsburg policy of
unification of the kingdom under one language changed the situation. Neither
Czech nor German were acceptable, but frequent use of German by the Royal
Court and administration resulted in slow change of Czech and/or German into
Bohemian. After relatively tough regimes of kings during XVII. and XVIII.
centuries, the language was already established and later codified as an official
language
in
1805 by the royal decret. Localy, the original languages were still preserved
in rural environment, but vast majority of the population in metropolis Prague
(Prák) and other big and small towns spoke it as a first tongue.
During the XIX. century, national revival movements started to re-animate the individual cultures and languages of some regions (especially in Bohemia and both Lusatias), but without major support of the content population, it is mostly hobby of university and grammar-school professors or instrument of extremists in exil (Slevanian nationalists or Czechs in RTC). Several grammar books were issued (mostly in Bohemian or other major language, because none of the authors is able to fluently speak his claimed language), some authors are trying to write dramata in these languages and some rural writers are trying to pick up the last remnants of the dying folklore, but they are condemned to fade and disappear.
Generaly, Bohemian (15 000 000 speakers) is Germanic language with Slavic (Czech) superstrate, having majority of lexicum coming from German, whereas the grammar is based on Czech and German. It recognises five dialects (nortpémiš, vestsítpémiš, ostsítpémiš, prákeriš and pryneriš) and two interdialects; a Venedo-Bohemian wasiwenedyk/fasäfentiš and a Slevano-Bohemian ulimútán/olmyciš. There are three other major languages spoken in BK; slezna/šléziš (900 000), moravljanec/mériš (400 000; not recognised in Slevania as a language distinct from slvanjec/slevániš), and wenedyk/fentiš (600 000); along with three minor languages; serbski/sorpiš (50 000), czesstina/cechiš (20 000) and cidarke/arkiš (3 500):
During the XIX. century, national revival movements started to re-animate the individual cultures and languages of some regions (especially in Bohemia and both Lusatias), but without major support of the content population, it is mostly hobby of university and grammar-school professors or instrument of extremists in exil (Slevanian nationalists or Czechs in RTC). Several grammar books were issued (mostly in Bohemian or other major language, because none of the authors is able to fluently speak his claimed language), some authors are trying to write dramata in these languages and some rural writers are trying to pick up the last remnants of the dying folklore, but they are condemned to fade and disappear.
Generaly, Bohemian (15 000 000 speakers) is Germanic language with Slavic (Czech) superstrate, having majority of lexicum coming from German, whereas the grammar is based on Czech and German. It recognises five dialects (nortpémiš, vestsítpémiš, ostsítpémiš, prákeriš and pryneriš) and two interdialects; a Venedo-Bohemian wasiwenedyk/fasäfentiš and a Slevano-Bohemian ulimútán/olmyciš. There are three other major languages spoken in BK; slezna/šléziš (900 000), moravljanec/mériš (400 000; not recognised in Slevania as a language distinct from slvanjec/slevániš), and wenedyk/fentiš (600 000); along with three minor languages; serbski/sorpiš (50 000), czesstina/cechiš (20 000) and cidarke/arkiš (3 500):
|
Great
Master Plan
(or how German became
Bohemian)
Bohemian Phrasebook and selected Texts
Under construction
Untr ófbó
Untr ófbó
