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.

Aliases (4)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	West Slavic languages → minority languages →
arealDistribution	Brandenburg NERFINISHED → Saxony NERFINISHED → 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 → Upper Sorbian →
historicalRegion	Lusatia →
ISO639CollectiveCode	wen →
languageFamily	West Slavic →
languageShiftPressureFrom	German language →
linguisticTypology	fusional language →
mediaPresence	regional radio and print media →
minorityLanguageIn	Germany →
neighboringLanguageEnvironment	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 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 (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
West Slavs → West Slavs ("Upper Sorbian language") → West Slavs ("Lower Sorbian language") →	usesLanguage
Slovak language ("Lower Sorbian language") →	closelyRelatedTo
Proto-Slavic language →	hasDescendant
Lusatia →	hasMinorityStatusRecognizedFor
Sorbian languages ("Upper Sorbian") →	hasPart
Slavic languages ("Lower Sorbian language") →	includeLanguage
Görlitz ("Upper Sorbian") →	minorityLanguage
Lusatia ("Sorbian") →	minorityLanguageProtected