Back Opper-Sorbies AF Obersorbische Sprache ALS ላይኛ ሶርብኛ AM اللغة الصوربية العليا Arabic Idioma altu sorabo AST Yuxarı sorb dili AZ یوخاری سورب دیلی AZB Үрге лужи теле BA Верхнялужыцкая мова BE Верхнялужыцкая мова BE-X-OLD
| Upper Sorbian | |
|---|---|
| Hornjoserbšćina, Hornjoserbsce | |
| Pronunciation | [ˈhɔʀnjɔˌsɛʀpʃt͡ʃina] |
| Native to | Germany |
| Region | Saxony, Brandenburg |
| Ethnicity | Sorbs |
Native speakers | 13,000 (2007)[1] |
Indo-European
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| Latin (Sorbian alphabet) | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Regional language in Brandenburg and Saxony. Lost support after the reunification of Germany, with many Sorbian schools closing.[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | hsb |
| ISO 639-3 | hsb |
| Glottolog | uppe1395 |
| ELP | Upper Sorbian |
| Linguasphere | 53-AAA-bb < 53-AAA-b < 53-AAA-b...-d (varieties: 53-AAA-bba to 53-AAA-bbf) |
Upper Sorbian (Hornjoserbšćina) is a West Slavic language spoken by the Sorb people in Germany. The language is spoken in the province of Upper Lusatia. Today this province is part of Saxony.
There are around 40,000 speakers of Upper Sorbian living in Saxony. Upper Sorbian is a minority language in Germany according to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.[2]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Upper Sorbian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Council of Europe. "European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages." (PDF) Strasbourg: 4 December 2002. Accessed 2011-05-15.