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ISO 639-3 · dsbdsb
Indo-European family
Lower Sorbian
dolnoserbšćina
Lower Sorbian is a language of the Lechitic branch (Indo-European), spoken in Germany. Wikidata counts about 6,670 speakers (2007). Wikidata describes it as “Western Slavic language spoken in eastern Germany in the historical province of Lower Lusatia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
dsb- Glottocode
lowe1385- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Centre point
- 51.75, 14.50
- Wikipedia
- 88 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
4levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Lower Sorbian · dolnoserbšćina |
|---|---|
| Also called | Lower Sorbian language, Dolnoserbšćina, Dolnoserbski |
| All speakers | 6,670 (2007) |
| Written in | Latin script, Lower Sorbian alphabet |
| Grammatical cases | 6 listed in Wikidata |
| Grammatical genders | 3 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 8a Moribund8a
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Lower Sorbian
The branches above Lower Sorbian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Germany
deuGermanIndo-European · 135 m1 · NationalromRomaniIndo-European · 46 mDefinitely endangeredazeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafenldDutchIndo-European · 23.1 m1 · NationalbarBavarianIndo-European · 14.1 m5 · DevelopingkazKazakhTurkic · 13.2 m1 · NationalgswAlemannicIndo-European · 10 m5 · DevelopinghyeArmenianIndo-European · 6.7 m1 · NationaldanDanishEast Scandinavian · 5.5 m1 · NationalndsLow GermanIndo-European · 5 m7 · Shifting