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ISO 639-3 · hsbhsb
Indo-European family
Upper Sorbian
Hornjoserbšćina
Upper Sorbian is a language of the Lechitic branch (Indo-European), spoken in Germany. Wikidata counts about 13,300 speakers (2007). Wikidata describes it as “language spoken by Sorbs in Germany in the historical province of Upper Lusatia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
hsb- Glottocode
uppe1395- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 4 Educational
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Centre point
- 51.30, 14.40
- Wikipedia
- 91 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
4levels in the tree
4EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Upper Sorbian · Hornjoserbšćina |
|---|---|
| Also called | Upper Sorbian language, Wendish, Hornjoserbšćina, Hornjoserbsce |
| All speakers | 13,300 (2007) |
| Written in | Latin script, Upper Sorbian alphabet |
| Grammatical cases | 7 listed in Wikidata |
| Grammatical genders | 3 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 4 Educational4
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Upper Sorbian
The branches above Upper Sorbian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Germany
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