Sorbs
ethnic group in Europe, Lusatia
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Summary
Sorbs is an ethnic group[1]. Sorbs ranks in the top 3% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,299 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Catholicism[3], Protestantism[4]
- Subclass of: Elbe Slavs[5], East Slavs[6]
- Commons category: Sorbs[7]
- Said to be the same as: Wends[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sorbs[9]
- Population: 60,000[10]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[14], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[17], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[18]
- Name in native language: Serby[19], Serbja[20]
- Different from: Sorbs[21]
- Indigenous to: Lusatia[22], White Serbia[23]
- Studied by: Sorbian studies[24]
- Subject has role: national minority[25]
- Language used: Sorbian[26], Upper Sorbian[27], Lower Sorbian[28]
- P14541: 2Dz7fs[29]
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Influence
Things named for Sorbs include Sorbian March[30], a march[31], in East Francia[32].
Why It Matters
Sorbs has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Sorbs is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]
Entities named for Sorbs include Sorbian March[30], a march[31], in East Francia[32].