Langenesis

Indo-European family

Lower Sorbian

c. 1500 CE – today Living

Lower Sorbian (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Slavic → Proto-West Slavic → Lower Sorbian.

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Speakers
7K (7,000)
ISO 639-3
dsb
Glottocode
lowe1385

Spoken in Lower Lusatia (Brandenburg). Severely endangered.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Slavicc. 200 BCE – 600 CE
  3. Proto-West Slavicc. 600 CE – 1000 CE
  4. Lower Sorbianc. 1500 CE – today

Sister languages 6

Also descended from Proto-West Slavic.

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