Sorbian languages

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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.

All labels observed (6)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

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
Upper Sorbian
linked to: Sorbian languages
historicalRegion Lusatia
ISO639CollectiveCode wen
languageFamily West Slavic
languageShiftPressureFrom German language
linguisticTypology fusional language
mediaPresence regional radio and print media
minorityLanguageIn Germany
neighboringLanguageEnvironment German language
linked to: German
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

How these facts were elicited

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 Upper Sorbian language
linked to: Sorbian languages
West Slavs usesLanguage Lower Sorbian language
linked to: Sorbian languages
Slavic languages includeLanguage Lower Sorbian language
linked to: Sorbian languages
Görlitz minorityLanguage Upper Sorbian
linked to: Sorbian languages
Slovak language closelyRelatedTo Lower Sorbian language
linked to: Sorbian languages
Sorbian languages hasPart Upper Sorbian
linked to: Sorbian languages
Lusatia minorityLanguageProtected Sorbian
linked to: Sorbian languages
Lusatia hasMinorityStatusRecognizedFor Sorbian languages
Proto-Slavic language hasDescendant Sorbian languages
Domowina languageSupported Sorbian languages
Lechitic languages sharesAncestorWith Sorbian languages
Serby refersTo Sorbian language
linked to: Sorbian languages
Serby selfDesignationFor Sorbian language
linked to: Sorbian languages