Upper Sorbian language

Upper Sorbian
Upper Sorbian
hornjoserbšćina, hornjoserbsce
Pronunciation	[ˈhɔʁnʲɔˌsɛʁpʃtʃina]
Native to	Germany
Region	Saxony
Ethnicity	Sorbs
Native speakers	13,000 (2007)
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic West Slavic Sorbian Upper Sorbian; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	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, is a minority language spoken by Sorbs, in the historical province of Upper Lusatia, which is today part of Saxony, Germany. It is grouped in the West Slavic language branch, together with Lower Sorbian, Czech, Polish, Slovak and Kashubian.

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