Upper Sorbian language

Upper Sorbian
Upper Sorbian
Hornjoserbšćina, Hornjoserbsce
Pronunciation	[ˈhɔʀnjɔˌsɛʀpʃt͡ʃina]
Native to	Germany
Region	Saxony,Brandenburg
Ethnicity	Sorbs
Native speakers	13,000 (2007)
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic West Slavic Sorbian Upper Sorbian; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin(Sorbian alphabet)
Official status
Official language in	Regional language inBrandenburgandSaxony.Lost support after the reunification of Germany, with many Sorbian schools closing.
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)
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Upper Sorbian(Hornjoserbšćina) is aWest Slaviclanguage spoken by theSorbpeople inGermany.The language is spoken in the province ofUpper Lusatia.Today this province is part ofSaxony.

There are around 40,000 speakers of Upper Sorbian living in Saxony. Upper Sorbian is aminoritylanguage in Germany according to theEuropean Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.^[2]

References

↑^1.0^1.1Upper SorbianatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)
↑Council of Europe. "European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages."(PDF) Strasbourg: 4 December 2002. Accessed 2011-05-15.

[e18-1] 1.0^1.1Upper SorbianatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)

[2] Council of Europe. "European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages."(PDF) Strasbourg: 4 December 2002. Accessed 2011-05-15.

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