The Sorbian languages[1] (Upper Sorbian: serbska rěč, Lower Sorbian: serbska rěc) are the Upper Sorbian language and Lower Sorbian language, two closely related and partially mutually intelligible languages spoken by the Sorbs, a West Slavic ethno-cultural minority in the Lusatia region of Eastern Germany. [1][2][3] They are classified under the...

Sorbian, or Wendisch, is a member of the West Slavic subgroup of Indo-European languges spoken by about 55,000 people in Upper and Lower Lusatia in the German Länder of Saxony and Brandenburg. The Sorbs are descendents of the Wends, the German name for the Slavic tribes who occupied the area between the Elbe and Saale rivers in the west and ...

The Upper and Lower Sorbian case study will help us understand the relationship between political systems, revitalization efforts, and people’s openness to maintain minority language. See the Sorbian dataset.

Sorbs (Upper Sorbian: Serbja; Lower Sorbian: Serby; German: Sorben pronounced [ˈzɔʁbn̩] ⓘ; Czech: Lužičtí Srbové; Polish: Serbołużyczanie; also known as Lusatians, Lusatian Serbs[5] and Wends) are a West Slavic ethnic group predominantly inhabiting the parts of Lusatia located in the German states of Saxony and Brandenburg.

Upper Sorbian (endonym: hornjoserbšćina), occasionally referred to as Wendish (German: Wendisch), [2] is a minority language spoken by Sorbs, in the historical province of Upper Lusatia, which is today part of Saxony, Germany. It is grouped in the West Slavic language branch, together with Lower Sorbian, Czech, Polish, Silesian, Slovak, and ...

While Upper and Lower Sorbian are often grouped together as the Sorbian language, they are actually two distinct languages with notable differences. Upper Sorbian is spoken in Upper Lusatia, primarily in Saxony, while Lower Sorbian is spoken in Lower Lusatia, mainly in …

The Sorbs (Upper Sorbian: Serbja, Lower Sorbian: Serby, in German: Sorben or also Wenden) are the smallest West-Slavic nation. They are recognised as national autochthonous minority in Germany. The area of settlement of the Sorbs – the region of Lusatia – stretches from Upper Lusatia in Saxony to Middle and Northern Lusatia in Brandenburg.

The centre of the Upper Sorbian speech area is Bautzen, near the border with the Czech Republic, while Cottbus, near Poland, is the centre for Lower Sorbian. The oldest written record of Sorbian dates from the 15th century, although the languages, differing mostly in their sound systems, are known to have begun to diverge around the 13th century.

2015年11月23日 · Sorbian is divided in two dialects, known as Upper-Sorbian (around Bautzen) and Lower- Sorbian (north of Cottbuss). Interestingly, the difference between the two Sorbian dialects is very much based on religious differences between Protestants and Catholics who lived in fairly closed communities in separate villages.

2023年11月10日 · Sorbian is primarily spoken in the Lusatian region of Southeast Germany, near the borders with Poland and Czechia. The region is divided into Upper and Lower Lusatia. Upper Lusatia is primarily located in the Bundesland of Saxony, and Lower Lusatia is in Brandenburg.