Army Slavic
Selection of Slavic vocabulary used in the Austro-Hungarian Army
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Army Slavic (German: Armee-Slawisch) was a pidgin[1] consisting of Slavicised German vocabulary with Slavic morphology. It was developed to help overcome language barriers in Austria-Hungary and was in use until the end of World War I.
CreatedbyAustro-Hungarian Army
Setting and usageMilitary communication
Erac. 1867 – 1918
Purpose
select vocabulary
| Army Slavic | |
|---|---|
| Armee-Slawisch | |
| Created by | Austro-Hungarian Army |
| Setting and usage | Military communication |
| Era | c. 1867 – 1918 |
| Purpose | select vocabulary |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
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Part of the reason for the existence of this specialized language was that, while German and Hungarian were official languages, half of the soldiery was recruited from areas that spoke various Slavic languages. In all, there were eleven different official languages to contend with. While efforts were made to keep soldiers grouped by language, mixed language units still occurred.
