Upper Sorbian language
| Upper Sorbian | |
|---|---|
| hornjoserbšćina, hornjoserbsce | |
| Pronunciation | [ˈhɔʁnʲɔˌsɛʁpʃtʃina] |
| Native to | Germany |
| Region | Saxony |
| Ethnicity | Sorbs |
Native speakers | 13,000 (2007) |
Indo-European
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| Latin (Sorbian alphabet) | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Regional language in Saxony |
| 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) |
Upper Sorbian (endonym: hornjoserbšćina), occasionally referred to as Wendish (German: Wendisch), is a minority language spoken by Sorbs in the historical province of Upper Lusatia, today part of Saxony, Germany. It is a West Slavic language, along with Lower Sorbian, Czech, Polish, Silesian, Slovak, and Kashubian. It is now spoken by fewer than 10,000 people, mostly in Budyšin and its immediate countryside.