Upper Sorbian

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Upper Sorbian

Hornjoserbšćina

Larger language family: Sorbian

Speaker Numbers

International Speaker Numbers according to
EGIDS (Ethnologue) Source UNESCO Source ELCAT (Endangered Languages Project) Source
20 000 - 30 000 (Population) Site under maintenance (will be updated) 18 240
National Speaker Numbers
Country Language National Speaker Number Bases for Calculation Year Source
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) Vulnerable
National Endangerment according to EGIDS (Ethnologue)
Country Language Endangerment Level Source
Germany Upper Sorbian 6b (Threatened)
ECRML-Recognised in

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