Hantec

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Hantec is a unique slang previously spoken among lower classes in Brno, Czech Republic during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It developed from the mixing of the Czech language as spoken in Moravia with the languages of other residents of Brno, including Germans and Jews. Today hantec exists in its original form only among some elderly people, but many words and expressions have become a part of Czech spoken in Brno.

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The Czech word for 'sun' is slunce; in Hantec it is zóncna or oskar. The Czech word for 'tram' is tramvaj; in Hantec it is šalina (this is a corrupted form of the German "elektrische Linie" for electric line – in contrast with the former horse-pulled wagons). The Czech word for 'leg' is noha; in Hantec it is habrůvka.