UPPER SORBIAN (SORBISCH, SORABE, LUSATIAN,
WEND, WENDISH, WINDISCH) [WEN] 70,000 speakers in Germany (1976 Stephens).
Upper Saxony. Eastern Germany, principal towns Bautzen and Cottbus. Perhaps
a few in Texas, USA. Indo-European, Slavic, West, Sorbian. Dialects: EASTERN
SORBIAN, LOWER LUSATIAN (DOLNA LUZICA, SAXON LUSATIAN). Nearly all are
bilingual in German. Zgusta (1974) says Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian
are two standard languages. Use of Sorbian is authorized in local government
and schools. There are some monolinguals, mainly the very young (Stephens).
Increasing literature production, radio programs. Now accepted as a minority
language.
