Познавање турског и албанског језика у Војсци Србије концем XIX века
Knowledge of Turkish and Albanian Language Among Members of Serbian Armed Forces at the end of 19th Century
Author(s): Milić J. Milićević, Jovana Šaljić Subject(s): Military history, Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, 19th Century, Philology, Turkic languages
Published by: Institut za strategijska istraživanja
Keywords: Turkish language; Albanian language; language curriculum; language in schools; military; language in Serbian armed forces; 19th century;
Summary/Abstract: Paper deals with analyses of the survey related to the knowledge of Turkish language among members of Serbian armed forces at the end of 19th century. It reveals that among the officers and NCO`s there were only several tens of relative connoisseurs of this language, however, genuine experts who knew Turkish (and Albanian) were just few. It is pointed out that among those there were no inhabitans of Serbia in borders before 1878. As main reason for this situation is noted the absence of indigineous Turkish population, especially well educated, as well the fact that number of native Turks in Serbia during whole 19th century was generally very small.
Journal: Vojnoistorijski glasnik
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 169-179
- Page Count: 11
- Language: Serbian