The Moravian language is an alternative name for the Czech language spoken in Moravia, the eastern part of the Czech Republic. This variety of Czech in not internally homogeneous and stable – there are no common language norms for Moravian, but several Moravian organizations promote the Moravian language as an idiom distinct from the Czech language. However, the position of Standard Czech in Moravia is better than in the weste…
Moravian(5,642 words)
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Bláha, Ondřej, “Moravian”, in: Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics Online, Editor-in-Chief: Marc L. Greenberg, General Editor: Lenore A. Grenoble. Consulted online on 27 September 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2589-6229_ESLO_COM_031977>
First published online: 2020
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