Sorbs

E74673

Slavic ethnic group ethnic minority

The Sorbs are a Slavic ethnic minority primarily living in eastern Germany, known for preserving their distinct Sorbian language and cultural traditions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sorbs canonical	23
Lusatians	2
Sorben	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Slavic ethnic group ⓘ ethnic minority ⓘ
autonym	Serbja ⓘ Serby ⓘ
countryOfResidence	Germany ⓘ
culturalHeritage	Sorbian Easter traditions ⓘ Sorbian customs ⓘ Sorbian folk costumes ⓘ Sorbian folk dances ⓘ Sorbian folk music ⓘ Sorbian literature ⓘ
culturalInstitution	Domowina ⓘ Sorbian Institute ⓘ Sorbian National Ensemble ⓘ
education	Sorbian-language schools in Lusatia ⓘ
ethnogenesis	West Slavs ⓘ
exonym	Wends ⓘ
hasCoatOfArms	coat of arms of the Sorbs ⓘ
hasFlag	flag of the Sorbs ⓘ
historicalLanguageStatus	regional language in East Germany ⓘ
historicalMention	early Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion	Lusatia ⓘ
language	Lower Sorbian ⓘ surface form: Lower Sorbian language Upper Sorbian ⓘ surface form: Upper Sorbian language
languageFamily	Slavic languages ⓘ West Slavic languages ⓘ
media	Sorbian-language newspapers ⓘ Sorbian-language radio programs ⓘ
minorityRightsStatus	officially protected minority in Germany ⓘ
populationEstimate	60000 ⓘ
primaryRegion	Lusatia ⓘ surface form: Lower Lusatia Lusatia ⓘ Lusatia ⓘ surface form: Upper Lusatia eastern Germany ⓘ
protectedBy	European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages ⓘ Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities ⓘ
recognizedMinorityIn	Brandenburg ⓘ Germany ⓘ Saxony ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Czechs ⓘ Kashubians ⓘ Poles ⓘ Slovaks ⓘ
religion	Protestantism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
traditionalOccupation	agriculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ mining ⓘ
traditionalReligion	Christianity ⓘ
traditionalSettlementType	rural villages ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

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

West Slavs → hasSubgroup → Sorbs ⓘ

Czechs → relatedEthnicGroup → Sorbs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lusatians

Slovaks → relatedEthnicGroup → Sorbs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lusatians

Sorbian languages → spokenBy → Sorbs ⓘ

Lusatia → traditionalInhabitants → Sorbs ⓘ

Lusatia → ethnicGroup → Sorbs ⓘ

Slavic cultural sphere → includesEthnicGroup → Sorbs ⓘ

Kashubians → relatedEthnicGroup → Sorbs ⓘ

Bautzen → isCulturalCenterOf → Sorbs ⓘ

Spreewald → hasEthnicGroup → Sorbs ⓘ

Łužica → traditionalInhabitants → Sorbs ⓘ

Łužica → culturalMinorityRegionFor → Sorbs ⓘ

Domowina → represents → Sorbs ⓘ

Domowina → ethnicGroupRepresented → Sorbs ⓘ

Lower Sorbian → spokenByEthnicGroup → Sorbs ⓘ

Upper Sorbian → ethnicGroup → Sorbs ⓘ

German eastward expansion (Ostsiedlung) → involvedEthnicGroup → Sorbs ⓘ

Serby → refersTo → Sorbs ⓘ

Serby → usedBy → Sorbs ⓘ

Serby → associatedWithEthnicMinority → Sorbs ⓘ

Serby → exonymContrast → Sorbs ⓘ

Wends → relatedEthnonym → Sorbs ⓘ

Sorbian National Ensemble → ethnicFocus → Sorbs ⓘ

Serbja → hasNameInEnglish → Sorbs ⓘ

Serbja → hasNameInGerman → Sorbs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sorben

Upper Saxony → ethnicGroupHistorically → Sorbs ⓘ