Sorbian

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Sorbian

Serbšćina / Serbšćina

Larger language family: Lower Sorbian Upper Sorbian

Speaker Numbers

International Speaker Numbers according to
EGIDS (Ethnologue) Source UNESCO Source ELCAT (Endangered Languages Project) Source
20 000 Site under maintenance (will be updated) Lower Sorbian (7 240), Upper Sorbian (18 240)
National Speaker Numbers
Country Language National Speaker Number Bases for Calculation Year Source
Germany Lower Sorbian 20 000 (estimate, not a census, all Sorbs) Can speak and write 2000 (Publication)
Germany Upper Sorbian 20 000 (estimate, not a census, all Sorbs) Can speak and write 2000 (Publication)


Endangerment

International Endangerment according to
UNESCO Source ELCAT (Endangered Languages Project) Source
Site under maintenance (will be updated) Lower Sorbian (Threatened), Upper Sorbian (Vulnerable)
National Endangerment according to EGIDS (Ethnologue)
Country Language Endangerment Level Source
Germany Upper Sorbian 6b (Threatened)
Germany Lower Sorbian 8a (Moribund)
ECRML-Recognised in
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