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Sorbian languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sorbian languages are classified under the Slavic branch of the Indo ... There are two literary languages: Upper Sorbian (hornjoserbsce), spoken by about ...
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Lower Sorbian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lower Sorbian (Dolnoserbski) is a Slavic minority language spoken in eastern ... It is one of the two literary Sorbian languages, the other being Upper Sorbian. ...
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Sorbian languages -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
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{{Infobox Language family |name=Sorbian |altname=Wendish, Lusatian |region=[Lusatia |familycolor=Indo-European |fam1=[Indo-European languages |fam2=[Balto-Slavic languages |fam3=[Slavic languages |fam4=[West Slavic languages |child1=[Upper Sorbian language |child2=[Lower Sorbian language |map=]The Sorbian-speaking region in [Germany. -->The Sorbian languages are classified under the West Slavic languages branch of the Indo-European languages. They are the native languages of the Sorbs, a Slavic minority in eastern Germany. Historically the language has also been known as Wendish or Lusatian. Their collective ISO 639-2 code is wen.

There are two literary languages: Upper Sorbian language (hornjoserbsce), spoken by about 40,000 people in Saxony, and Lower Sorbian language (dolnoserbski) spoken by about 10,000 people in Brandenburg. The area where the two languages are spoken is known as Lusatia (Łužica in Upper Sorbian, Łužyca in Lower Sorbian, or Lausitz in German language).

Both languages have the dual (grammatical number) in nouns, pronouns, adjectives and verbs; very few known living Indo-European languages retain this feature as a productive aspect of the grammar (Slovenian language being the best example of another). The dual is used when exactly two people or things are meant and is used in addition to grammatical number and plural. Some Slavic languages such as Czech, retain the dual but use it only for a set of words describing things that naturally come in pairs (eyes, ears, hands); Lithuanian is a Baltic language that uses the dual mainly in poetic speech and set phrases.

In Germany, Upper and Lower Sorbian are officially recognized and protected as minority languages. In the home areas of the Sorbs, both languages are officially equal to German.

The city of Bautzen in Upper Lusatia is the centre of Upper Sorbian culture. Notable is the fact that bilingual signs can be seen around the city including the name of the city itself at the railway station given as "Bautzen/Budyšin".

The city of Cottbus (Chóśebuz) is considered the cultural centre of Lower Sorbian; here too bilingual signs are found.

Sorbian is also spoken in the small Sorbian (“Wendish”) settlement of Serbin, Texas in Lee County, Texas, and until recently newspapers were published in Sorbian there. The local dialect has been heavily influenced by surrounding speakers of German language and English language.

While the old German-derived labels “Wend” and “Wendish,” which once denoted “Slav(ic)” generally, have been retained in American and Australian communities, they ought not be used in place of “Sorb” and “Sorbian” with reference to Sorbian communities in Germany, because many consider them offensive these days.

See also

• Sorbian alphabet
• Sorbs
• Wends
• List of Sorbian-language writers

External links

• German - Lower Sorbian online dictionary
• Sorbian language tree
• Euromosaic information page

Sorbian languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sorbian languages are classified under the Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages. They are the native languages of the Sorbs, a Slavic minority in eastern Germany.

Sorbian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sorbian may refer to more than one article: the Sorbs, a Slavic people in modern day Germany; the Sorbian language(s), a group of closely related West Slavic languages

Sorbian
Since 1994 the Sorbian languages have been adopted as part of the curriculum in the schools of Sakska (Saxony) and Braniborska (Brandenburg ...

Requests for new languages/Wiktionary Upper Sorbian - Meta
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Lusatian (Sorbian) Collections
School instruction in the Sorbian languages was secured as well as provisions for broadcasting and publishing. Domowina resumed its work including publishing; the number of ...

Sorbian languages -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
Britannica online encyclopedia article on Sorbian languages:closely related West Slavic languages or dialects; their small number of speakers in eastern Germany are the survivors ...

INEX: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Sorbian languages)
The Sorbian languages (serbšćina) are members of the West Slavic branch of languages spoken in eastern Germany . They are also known as Wendish or Lusatian.

Sorbian
Sorbian-English / English-Sorbian Concise Dictionary Spoken in Lusatia, Germany The dictionary covers the Upper Sorbian dialect, spoken within and south of the city of Bautzen ...

Sorbian
Sorbian is an Indo-European language spoken principally in the eastern part of Germany. It has a limited number of dialects and is authorized for use in local government and ...