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There are two languages - Upper Sorbian (hornjoserbsce) spoken in Saxony and Lower Sorbian (dolnoserbski) spoken in Brandenburg. This area is known as Lusatia (Lužica or Lausitz in German).
Both languages have dual grammatical number. This is used when exactly two people or things are meant and is addition to singular and plural.
In Germany they are officially recognized and protected as minority languages.
The city of Bautzen near Dresden is a centre of Upper Sorbian culture. Notable is the fact that bilingual signs can be seen around the city including the name of the city itself at the railway station given as 'Bautzen/Budysyn'.
Sorbian is also spoken in a small Wendish settlement in Lee County, Texas, and until recently newspapers were published in Wendish there. It has been heavily influenced by surrounding speakers of German and English.
See also: Sorbs, WendsThe Wends are partly a term by some held equivalent to Vandals through a latinized form of Wendland, and partly a German abbrevation (also often used in English) for some Slavic people from north-central Europe. The term has not historically enjoyed consi, Slovene language, CzestochowaCzestochowa (pronounce: Media:Czestochowa. ogg|[st:xva]]]) is a city in south Poland on the Warta River with 248,894 inhabitants (2004). Situated in the Silesian Voivodship (since 1999), previously capital of Czestochowa Voivodship (1975-1998). This town