Upper Sorbian
language spoken by Sorbs in Germany in the historical province of Upper Lusatia
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Summary
Upper Sorbian is a natural language[1]. It draws 2,087 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #179 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Germany[3]
- Instance of: modern language[4]
- Subclass of: Sorbian[5]
- Writing system: Latin script[6], Upper Sorbian alphabet[7]
- Commons category: Upper Sorbian pronunciation[8]
- Wikimedia language code: hsb[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Upper Sorbian language[10]
- Language regulatory body: Upper Sorbian Language Commission[11]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 13,300[12]
- Native label: Hornjoserbšćina[13]
- Short name: верхнялужыцкая[14], serbšćina[15], serbsce[16]
- UNESCO language status: 3 definitely endangered[17]
- Indigenous to: Brandenburg[18], Saxony[19]
- Exact match: http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#UpperSorbian[20]
- Has grammatical case: nominative case[21], genitive case[22], dative case[23], accusative case[24], locative case[25], instrumental case[26], vocative case[27]
- Has tense: present tense[28], past tense[29], perfect tense[30], pluperfect[31]
- Ethnologue language status: 4 Educational[32]
- Has grammatical gender: masculine[33], feminine[34], neuter[35]
- Related category: Category:Upper Sorbian pronunciation[36]
- Has grammatical number: singular[37], dual[38], plural[39]
Why It Matters
Upper Sorbian has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]