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The Sorbian languages [1] (Upper Sorbian: serbska rěč, Lower Sorbian: serbska rěc) are the Upper Sorbian language and Lower Sorbian language, two closely related and partially mutually intelligible languages spoken by the Sorbs, a West Slavic ethno-cultural minority in the Lusatia region of Eastern Germany.
Sorbs (Upper Sorbian: Serbja; Lower Sorbian: Serby; German: Sorben pronounced [ˈzɔʁbn̩] ⓘ; Czech: Lužičtí Srbové; Polish: Serbołużyczanie; also known as Lusatians, Lusatian Serbs [5] and Wends) are a West Slavic ethnic group predominantly inhabiting the parts of Lusatia located in the German states of Saxony and Brandenburg.
The Polabian language is now extinct. However, the two Sorbian languages are spoken by approximately 22,000–30,000 inhabitants [3] of the region. The government of Germany regards Upper and Lower Sorbian as official regional languages.
In this area, Sorbian is an official language and children are taught Sorbian in schools and day cares. Other concerted efforts to preserve the language through media, club, and related resources have continued into the 21st century. [5] In spite of these efforts, numbers of Upper Sorbian speakers were still considered to be dwindling.
The "Sorbian core settlement area" references the area in which the Sorbian language is still spoken on a daily basis. This applies to the mostly catholic Upper Lusatia in between Bautzen, Kamenz and Hoyerswerda, more closely the five municipalities of am Klosterwasser and Radibor. In those areas, more than half of the population speaks Upper ...
Texas Wendish Heritage Museum Texas Wendish Bell. The Texas Wends or Wends of Texas are a group of people descended from a congregation of 558 Sorbian/Wendish people under the leadership and pastoral care of John Kilian (Sorbian languages: Jan Kilian, German: Johann Killian) who emigrated from Lusatia (part of modern-day Germany) to Texas in 1854. [1]
Wends, a historical name for Slavs who inhabited present day north east Germany Sorbian languages , languages spoken by the Sorbs, a West Slavic minority in the Lusatia region of Eastern Germany Prekmurje Slovene , a Slovene dialect
Sorbian Americans (Upper Sorbian: Serbscy Američenjo, Lower Sorbian: Serbske Amerikanarje) or Wendish Americans are Americans of Sorb/Wend descent. The largest community of Sorbs in the United States is in Texas , with a population of around 588 Sorbs/Wends.