Langenesis

Indo-European family

Upper Sorbian

c. 1500 CE – today Living

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

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Speakers
13K (13,000)
ISO 639-3
hsb
Glottocode
uppe1395

Spoken in Upper Lusatia (Saxony). First printed texts from the 16th century; whether Upper and Lower Sorbian share an intermediate Sorbian ancestor is not modelled.

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. Upper Sorbianc. 1500 CE – today

Sister languages 6

Also descended from Proto-West Slavic.

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