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2 unusual facts about Sorbian


Sorbian

Serbin, Texas, founded by 19th Century Wendish immigrants, name is derived from the same root

Sorbian languages, a group of closely related West Slavic languages


Auritz

Auritz (Bautzen) ("Auritz" in German, "Wuricy" in Upper Sorbian), a village located in southeastern Bautzen, Germany

Doberschau-Gaußig

Doberschau-Gaußig (Sorbian Dobruša-Huska) is a municipality in the east of Saxony, Germany.

Großdubrau

Großdubrau, in Sorbian Wulka Dubrawa, is a municipality in the east of Saxony, Germany.

Jakub Bart-Ćišinski

Jakub Bart-Ćišinski (20 August 1856 in Kuckau – 16 October 1909 in Panschwitz), also known as Łužičan, Jakub Bart Kukowski, was Sorbian poet, writer and playwrighter, translator of Czech, Polish, Italian and German literature.

Łęknica

In 1880 Lugknitz was still a small Sorbian agricultural village, one of only two Sorbian speaking places east of Neisse (the other being Brunojcy).

Malschwitz

Malschwitz, Sorbian Malešecy, is a municipality in the east of Saxony, Germany.

Neschwitz

Neschwitz, Sorbian Njeswačidło, is a municipality in the east of Saxony, Germany.

Rjana Łužica

The anthem was publicly performed for the first time on October 17, 1845, in Budyšin/Bautzen (Upper Sorbian Budyšin, Lower Sorbian: Budyšyn), German Bautzen, formerly Budissin).

Schleife

Kito Lorenc: Sorbian-German writer, lyric poet and translator.

Sorbian languages

Sorbian has also been spoken in the small Sorbian ("Wendish") settlement of Serbin in Lee County, Texas, and it is possible that a few speakers still remain there.

Sorbian March

The term "Sorbian march" appears only four times in the Annales Fuldenses and only three rulers are recorded: Poppo, Thachulf, and Radulf.


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