Sorbian languages

E63873
West Slavic languages minority languages

The Sorbian languages are a pair of closely related West Slavic minority languages spoken by the Sorb community primarily in eastern Germany, especially in Lusatia.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Sorbian languages canonical 7
Lower Sorbian language 3
Sorbian language 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West Slavic languages ⓘ
minority languages ⓘ
arealDistribution Brandenburg ⓘ
Saxony ⓘ
eastern Germany ⓘ
countryOfRecognition Germany ⓘ
culturalAssociation Sorbian culture ⓘ
educationStatus taught as subject in some German schools ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated Sorbian people ⓘ
grammaticalFeature aspectual verb system ⓘ
grammatical gender ⓘ
rich case system ⓘ
hasDialectContinuumWith Lower Sorbian ⓘ
Upper Sorbian ⓘ
hasPart Lower Sorbian ⓘ
Sorbian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Upper Sorbian
historicalRegion Lusatia ⓘ
ISO639CollectiveCode wen ⓘ
languageFamily West Slavic languages ⓘ
surface form: West Slavic
languageShiftPressureFrom German language ⓘ
linguisticTypology fusional language ⓘ
mediaPresence regional radio and print media ⓘ
minorityLanguageIn Germany ⓘ
neighboringLanguageEnvironment German ⓘ
surface form: German language
numberOfPrimaryVarieties 2 ⓘ
orthographyBasedOn Latin alphabet with diacritics ⓘ
primaryUsageDomain community and family life in Sorbian areas ⓘ
protectedBy European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages ⓘ
regionType Central Europe ⓘ
regulatoryBody Domowina ⓘ
relatedTo Czech language ⓘ
Kashubian language ⓘ
Polish language ⓘ
Slovak language ⓘ
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
spokenBy Sorbs ⓘ
spokenIn Germany ⓘ
Lusatia ⓘ
status recognized minority languages in Germany ⓘ
subclassOf Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Slavic languages ⓘ
UNESCOStatus endangered ⓘ
usedFor education in some schools in Lusatia ⓘ
local media in Lusatia ⓘ
religious services in Sorbian communities ⓘ
usedInSignage bilingual signs in parts of Lusatia ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Slavs → usesLanguage → Sorbian languages ⓘ
West Slavs → usesLanguage → Sorbian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Sorbian language
West Slavs → usesLanguage → Sorbian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Sorbian language
Slavic languages → includeLanguage → Sorbian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Sorbian language
Görlitz → minorityLanguage → Sorbian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Sorbian
Slovak language → closelyRelatedTo → Sorbian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Sorbian language
Sorbian languages → hasPart → Sorbian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Sorbian
Lusatia → minorityLanguageProtected → Sorbian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sorbian
Lusatia → hasMinorityStatusRecognizedFor → Sorbian languages ⓘ
Proto-Slavic language → hasDescendant → Sorbian languages ⓘ
Domowina → languageSupported → Sorbian languages ⓘ
Lechitic languages → sharesAncestorWith → Sorbian languages ⓘ
West Proto-Slavic dialects → historicalBasisOf → Sorbian languages ⓘ
West Proto-Slavic dialects → sharesFeatureWith → Sorbian languages ⓘ
Serby → refersTo → Sorbian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sorbian language
Serby → selfDesignationFor → Sorbian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sorbian language