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Name:
Sorbian, Lower
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Sorbian; Sorbian (Lower); Lusatian; Wendish; Lower Lusatian; Low Sorbian; Lower Wendish; Dolna Lužica; Southern Lusatian; Saxon Lusatian; Lower Sorbian; Niedersorbisch; Bas Sorabe; Dolnoserbski; Delnoserbski; Wendisch; Sorbisch; Lluzykie; Luzycki
Spoken in:
Germany
Number of speakers:
7,000 in Germany (1995). Population total all countries: 7,240. Ethnic population: 50,000
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
19500
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
14000
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
dsb
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup:
Sorbian; Central West Slavic; Wendish; Lusatian; Sorbisch (sorb)
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Sorbian, Lower
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