  UpperSorbianLanguage
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Sigma KEE - UpperSorbianLanguage
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upper sorbian language
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The UpperSorbianLanguage is a SorbianLanguage of Germany. SIL code: WEN. ISO 639-2: wen. Population: 55,000 (1991 Elle). 15,000 are reported to be primary users. 40,000 to 45,000 others have some knowledge of it (1996). Region: Upper Saxony, eastern Germany, principal towns Bautzen (Budysin, Catholic) and Kamenz (Protestant). Perhaps a few in Texas, USA. Alternate names: OBERSORBISCH, HAUT SORABE, UPPER LUSATIAN, WENDISH, HORNJOSERBSKI, HORNOSERBSKI. Dialects: BAUTZEN, KAMENZ. Comments: Nearly all are bilingual in German. Mainly older speakers. Most of the monolinguals are the very young (Stephens 1976). Zgusta (1974) says Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian are two standard languages. Use of Sorbian is authorized in local government and schools. Increasing literature production. Now accepted as a minority language. Newspapers, radio programs, TV. Bible 1728-1797.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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| Instances | content bearing physical | Any Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition. |
| | entity | The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology. |
| | human language | The subclass of Languages used by Humans. |
| | indo european language | There are 433 languages categorized as an IndoEuropeanLanguage, forming a major family of the world's languages and including many of the most familiar languages of Europe and South Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | language | A system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people. |
| | language family | A LanguageFamily is group of SpokenHumanLanguages related through descent from a common ancestral language. (reference from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_family) |
| | linguistic expression | This is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words. |
| | natural language | The subclass of HumanLanguages which are not designed and which evolve from generation to generation. This Class includes all of the national languages, e.g. English, Spanish, Japanese, etc. Note that this class includes dialects of natural languages. |
| | physical | An entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time. |
| | slavic language | A SlavicLanguage is any of 18 closely related IndoEuropeanLanguages spoken in central and eastern Europe.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | sorbian language | Of the eight WestSlavicLanguages, two are classified as a SorbianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | west slavic language | Of the 18 SlavicLanguages, eight are classified as a WestSlavicLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
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