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Upper Sorbian

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Sorbian; Sorbian (Upper); Eastern Sorbian; Upper Sorbian; Obersorbisch; Haut Sorabe; Upper Lusatian; Wendish; Hornjoserbski; Hornoserbski; Wendisch; Sorbian, Upper

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Indo-European; Balto-Slavic; Slavic; West Slavic

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hsb

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Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
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The World Atlas of Language Structures
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18,240

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45,000

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18,000 in Germany (1995).

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2009

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Germany;

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East, Upper Saxony state, Bautzen (Budysin), and Kamenz

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East, Upper Saxony state, Bautzen (Budysin), and Kamenz

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2005

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51.5,14.0

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