Upper Sorbian

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Language: Upper Sorbian
Alternate names: Sorbian, Sorbian (Upper), Eastern Sorbian, Upper Sorbian, Obersorbisch, Haut Sorabe, Upper Lusatian, Wendish, Hornjoserbski, Hornoserbski, Wendisch, Sorbian, Upper
Language code: hsb
Language family: Indo-European, Classical Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, West Slavic, Sorbian
Number of speakers: 18,240
Vulnerability: Vulnerable
Script: Latin script.

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Sorbian has lost much of its former public support after the unification of Germany. Many Sorbian schools have been closed (2007).

Upper Sorbian is spoken in Germany, Europe.