Jan 20, 2018
Moodboard: Sorbian Languages.
Upper Sorbian (Hornjoserbsce) is a West Slavic language spoken in the region of Lusatia, in eastern Germany. Together with its sister language, Lower Sorbian (Dolnoserbski), they are the only Slavic languages spoken entirely in a non-Slavic majority country. Both Upper and Lower Sorbian are enlisted as “Definitely endangered” languages, with Upper Sorbian having about 13,000 native speakers and Lower Sorbian having as little as 6,900.
Polish, Czech, Slovak, Kashubian and Silesian are the closest relatives of the Upper and Lower Sorbian languages.