Sorbian language

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The Sorbian language is a member of the West Slavic branch of languages. It is also known as Wendish. It is similar to Czech, Polish and Slovak, but still it is a completely different language that has kept some of the elements of the old language of the Slavs. It is spoken in a small area in Germany called Lusatia (Luzica or Lausitz). In Germany it is officially recognized and protected as minority language. Therefore the name of its speakers is Luzicki Srbi. There are two important dialects which are sometimes described as separate languages, Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian.

Sorbian is also spoken in a small Wendish settlement in Lee County, Texas, and until recently newspapers were published in Wendish there. It has been heavily influenced by surrounding speakers of German and English.

See also:

Sorbs -- Wends -- Slovenian language -- Dual grammatical number -- Czestochowa

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Sorbian_language" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbian_language, used under the GNU Free Documentation License