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Sorbian

Lechitic language spoken by the Sorbs
Language language Q25442
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Summary

Sorbian is a language[1]. Sorbian ranks in the top 0.91% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,976 views/month, #51 of 5,611).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Germany[3], Poland[4]
  • Instance of: indigenous language[5]
  • Subclass of: Lechitic[6], West Slavic[7]
  • Writing system: Latin script[8]
  • Commons category: Sorbian languages[9]
  • Wikimedia language code: wen[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sorbian languages[11]
  • Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 60,000[12]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[14]
  • Used by: Sorbs[15]
  • Native label: Serbšćina[16], Zerpždźina[17], Serbski[18]
  • Different from: Sorabe alphabet[19]
  • UNESCO language status: 3 definitely endangered[20]
  • Indigenous to: Sorbs[21]
  • Studied by: Sorbian studies[22]
  • Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/WEN[23], http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133122964[24]
  • Model item: Q137896004[25], Lower Sorbian[26], Upper Sorbian[27], Schleifer dialect[28]
  • Category for music in this language: Category:Sorbian-language music[29]

Why It Matters

Sorbian has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Sorbian is known by 97 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Related Entities

Germany Mina Witkojc Poland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004785-luzicka-srbstina
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0004785-luzicka-srbstina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → language, indigenous language
    Archival resource key → ark:/12148/cb13516281g
    Unesco language status → 3 definitely endangered
    Country → Germany, Poland
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 25676, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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