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Name:
Sorbian, Upper
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Sorbian; Sorbian (Upper); Eastern Sorbian; Upper Sorbian; Obersorbisch; Haut Sorabe; Upper Lusatian; Wendish; Hornjoserbski; Hornoserbski; Wendisch; Sorbisch; Übergangsdialekte
Spoken in:
Germany
Number of speakers:
18,000 in Germany (1995). Population total all countries: 18,240. Ethnic population: 45,000
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
15000
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
hsb
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup:
Sorbian; Central West Slavic; Wendish; Lusatian; Sorbisch (sorb)
Child Dialects:
Kamenz (hsb-kam)
Bautzen; Bautzener Dialekt; Standard Sorbian (hsb-bau)
Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Sorbian, Upper
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