Upper Sorbian language
West Slavic language of eastern Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Serbian language.
Upper Sorbian (endonym: hornjoserbšćina), occasionally referred to as Wendish,[2] is a minority language spoken by Sorbs, in the historical province of Upper Lusatia, which is today part of Saxony, Germany. It is grouped in the West Slavic language branch, together with Lower Sorbian, Czech, Polish, Slovak and Kashubian.
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Upper Sorbian | |
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hornjoserbšćina, hornjoserbsce | |
Pronunciation | [ˈhɔʁnʲɔˌsɛʁpʃtʃina] |
Native to | Germany |
Region | Saxony |
Ethnicity | Sorbs |
Native speakers | 13,000 (2007)[1] |
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Latin (Sorbian alphabet) | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Regional language in Saxony |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | hsb |
ISO 639-3 | hsb |
Glottolog | uppe1395 |
ELP | Upper Sorbian |
Linguasphere | 53-AAA-bb < 53-AAA-b < 53-AAA-b...-d (varieties: 53-AAA-bba to 53-AAA-bbf) |
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