#lower sorbian

[gwendolynlerman]

Deutschribing Germany

Languages

Most languages native to Germany belong to the Germanic family, but some of them are Slavic languages. German is the official language, with over 95% of the country speaking Standard German or one of its dialects as their first language.

There are six recognized minority languages: Danish, Lower Sorbian, North Frisian, Romani, Saterland Frisian, and Upper Sorbian. The main immigrant languages spoken are Arabic, Dutch, Greek, Italian, Kurdish, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Tamil, Turkish, and Ukrainian.

German (Deutsch)

German belongs to the West Germanic group of languages and is the native language of 95 million people. It is the official language in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and Switzerland, as well as South Tyrol in Italy, and is a recognized minority language in ten countries from four different continents.

German Standard German is the standardized variety of German spoken in Germany. Its pronunciation is similar to the German spoken in Hanover. Its alphabet has 30 letters: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ä ö ü ß. Most German vocabulary is of Germanic origin, but around one fifth was taken from French or Latin. German dialects and varieties are explained in detail in this post.

Romani (rromani ćhib)

Sinte Romani (sintitikes) is the variety of Romani spoken in Germany and neighboring countries. It belongs to the Northwestern Romani dialect group, which in turn is part of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family. It is spoken by around 195,000 people and is not mutually intelligible with other Romani varieties.

There is no standard pronunciation or grammar. The alphabet has 31 letters: a b c č čh d dž e f g h i j k kh l m n o p ph r s š t th u v x z ž.

Danish (dansk)

Danish is a North Germanic language with 6 million native speakers. It is the official language of Denmark and the Faroe Islands and a recognized minority language in Schleswig-Holstein and Greenland.

The Danish alphabet has 29 letters, including the 26 found in the English one and æ, ø, and å.

Upper Sorbian (hornjoserbšćina)

Upper Sorbian (Obersorbische Dialekte in the map) belongs to the West Slavic branch and is recognized as a minority language in Saxony, where its 13,000 native speakers live.

Its alphabet has 34 letters: a b c č ć d dź e ě f g h ch i j k ł l m n ń o ó p r ř s š t u w y z ž.

North Frisian (Nordfriisk)

North Frisian is part of the West Germanic branch and is spoken natively by 10,000 people in Schleswig-Holstein. It comprises 10 dialects, which are divided into two groups: insular and mainland.

Its phonology and orthography vary depending on the dialect, but there are 32 basic letters: a ä å b ch d dj đ/ð e f g h i j k l lj m n ng nj o ö p r s sch t tj u ü w.

Lower Sorbian (dolnoserbšćina)

Lower Sorbian (Niedersorbische Dialekte in the map of Sorbian dialects) is a West Slavic language spoken natively by 6,900 people in Brandenburg.

It uses the same letters as Upper Sorbian but adds ś and ź and uses ŕ instead of ř, bringing the total number of letters to 36.

Saterland Frisian (Seeltersk)

Saterland Frisian belongs to the West Germanic branch and is recognized as a minority language in Lower Saxony. It is spoken by 2,200 people and has three fully mutually intelligible dialects.

Its orthography has not been standardized yet, but there are 31 common letters: a ä b ch d e f g h i ie j k/kk ks kw l m n ng o oa ö p r s sch t u ü v w.

Here is Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the native languages of Germany:

German: Alle Menschen sind frei und gleich an Würde und Rechten geboren. Sie sind mit Vernunft und Gewissen begabt und sollen einander im Geist der Brüderlichkeit begegnen.

Romani: Sa e manušikane strukture bijandžona tromane thaj jekhutne ko digniteti thaj capipa. Von si baxtarde em barvale gndaja thaj godžaja thaj trubun jekh avereja te kherjakeren ko vodži pralipaja.

Danish: Alle mennesker er født frie og lige i værdighed og rettigheder. De er udstyret med fornuft og samvittighed, og de bør handle mod hverandre i en broderskabets ånd.

Upper Sorbian: Wšitcy čłowjekojo su wot naroda swobodni a su jenacy po dostojnosći a prawach. Woni su z rozumom a swědomjom wobdarjeni a maja mjezsobu w duchu bratrowstwa wobchadźeć.

North Frisian: Ali Mensken sen frii, likwērtig en me disalev Rochten bēren. Ja haa Forstant en Giweeten mefingen en skul arküđer üs Bröđern öntöögentreer. (Sylt/Sölring dialect)

Lower Sorbian: Wšykne luźe su lichotne roźone a jadnake po dostojnosći a pšawach. Woni maju rozym a wědobnosć a maju ze sobu w duchu bratšojstwa wobchadaś.

Saterland Frisian: Aal do Moanskene sunt fräi un gliek in Wöide un Gjuchte gebooren. Joo hääbe Fernunft un Gewieten meekriegen un schällen sik eenuur as Bruure ferhoolde. (Ramsloh dialect)

Translation: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

[steine-druff]

Hello!!! I saw a post abt writing fic in Sorbian and im so curious whether you did? (I am currently in a crazy Krabat phase & interested in learning Upper Sorbian xD)

oh my gosh hi! i didn't think anyone but my mutuals would see that post, that is SO funny. it's so cool you want to learn the language tho!!

i sadly did not write a fic in sorbian, currently i don't really have the brain worms for it :/ if i ever do, i can let you know! though i only speak lower sorbian, which is definitely different from upper sorbian. i don't know if you know anything about the languages, but upper and lower sorbian are similar in the way that polish and czech are - you can kind of understand each other if you really try hard, but it's definitely not the same (and upper sorbian people speak so!! fucking!!! fast!!!)

like i said i don't really know anything about upper sorbian, muss less where to learn it online. i even asked my mother (who's teaching lower sorbian) but she doesn't know either. there's definitely resorces for learning, but since both upper and lower sorbian are minority languages you might not find anything in english, only german.

sorry i couldn't be more help!! let me know if there's anything else i can do for you!!

[helenofblackthorns]

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[mapsontheweb]

Word for "yesterday" around Europe.

by danielogiPL

Notes:

All of the languages are color coded by the roots of the word, which I have done research on. You might be wondering why a lot of the areas are green, despite them sounding way different; they all come from the Proto-Indo-European "dʰǵʰyés" (yesterday). Please note that I was not able to find if the Portuguese and Kurdish words are related to the green areas, so let me know if they actually are.

There are some languages where I couldn't find the translation, like Abkhaz, Gagauz, Karelian, Ossetian, Breton and Kalmyk. Please let me know any missing translations!

In contrast, many new languages have been added, including Scots (which I'm not sure how to draw the borders for, so I highlighted the rest of Scotland, please let me know how to draw the borders), Occitan, Aragonese, Ligurian, Piedmontese, Venetian, Frulian, Sardinian, Latin, Crimean Tatar and Sicilian. I also split Sorbian into Lower and Upper Sorbian, as these two are slightly different.

Multiple Arabic dialects use a different word than the standard version (including Cypriot Arabic, not shown on the map), though I was not able to find out if any more dialects use a different word. Let me know if they do!

[songs-of-the-east]

The Smallest Slavic Nation

Lusatian Sorbs were able to keep their language and cultural traditions, despite of the centuries under the German rules and without their own statehood. At the present time, these Western Slavic people inhabit just few villages along the German-Polish border in Eastern Germany. The Lusatian lands are split now between two German states, Brandenburg and Saxony. The Saxon part is called Upper Lusatia. Its inhabitants speak the Upper Sorbian language, very similar to the Czech language. The part belonged to Brandenburg is called Lower Lusatia. The local Slavic minority speaks the Lower Sorbian language, more similar to the Polish language. - Vladimir Pomortzeff

[renegade-hierophant]

The word “Slavs” in the Slavic languages

Old Church Slavonic: Словѣне (Slověne)

Ukrainian: Слов’яни (Slovjany)

Slovak: Slovania

Czech: Slované

Polish: Słowianie

Kashubian: Słowiónie

Silesian, Lower Sorbian: Słowjany

Upper Sorbian: Słowjenjo

Slovene: Slovani

Serbian, Macedonian: Словени (Sloveni)

Montenegrin: Словјени (Slovjeni)

In these languages the pronunciation of the root has shifted from /o/ to /a/:

Russian, Belarusian, Rusyn: Славяне (Slavjane)

Bulgarian: Славяни (Slavjani)

Croatian, Bosnian: Slaveni

[salvadorbonaparte]

Reorganised my language learning collection again. A lot of these I bought used and a lot of them are for travel, reference or for later.

List of languages:

"African" (12 language phrasebook including Arabic, French, Hausa, Malagasy, Portuguese, Shona, Swahili, Tswana, Wolof, Xhosa, Yoruba, Zulu)

Arabic

Bengali

Cherokee

Croatian

Czech

French

Galician

Greek

Guaraní

Hebrew

Hindi

Khmer

Latin

Malay

Lower Sorbian

Low German

Portuguese

Russian

Romanian

Spanish

Swahili

Urdu

Welsh

Yiddish

Zulu

[rjana-luzica]

Lower sorbian school girl with a Zuckertüte (Słodka tutawa)

[treecakes]

bored at work got lost in the wikipedia pages for upper and lower sorbian

[witekspicsoldpostcards]

SORAU / Niederlausitz - now ŻARY in Poland. Lower Lusatia  (German: Niederlausitz; Lower Sorbian: Dolna Łužyca, Polish: Łużyce Dolne; Czech: Dolní Lužice) is a historical region in Central Europe, stretching from the southeast of the German state of Brandenburg to the southwest of Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland. Like adjacent Upper Lusatia in the south, Lower Lusatia is a settlement area of the West Slavic Sorbs whose endangered Lower Sorbian language is related to Upper Sorbian and Polish.

[gibberishstudy]

It's been a long time. So neither this blog nor a blog about drawing helped me stay motivated.

The "problem" is easy for me - i don't have space, physical or mental. When I'm back from work, I don't feel ....well... save. I don't want to be interupted, bothered bu lound voices etc etc.

But the above might be just an excuse. I don't have much energy and motivation.

But today I wanted to say, after my birthday i decided to learn a language. First I though about japanese, but after a week it turns out i don't have time for regular practive and the questions "naze?" stareded to from in my head. And I don't have a precise answer. I like anime, I like japanese culture, but i don't watch anime anylonger and I don't discover japanese culture anymore.

Generally I feel a little bit guilty not to learn about my region but i get hyped about some other regions/places.

So i decided to maybe have some fun with upper sorbian / lower sorbian, as one of those slavonic languages. Purpose - none, exept linguistic curiosity.

[bernhard-schipper]

‘50th Anniversary of NSK - January 1st, 1974’ Digital Collage, 375 x 375 mm, 2023 Fine Art Pigment Print under Acrylic Glass, Black Aluminium Art Box

Nothing is further from my mind than to promote the no longer existing East German state by showing GDR symbolism while drunk with nostalgia. For some time now, however, badges from the GDR era have been appearing increasingly, which suggest that New Sorbian Art existed long before the political change in 1989. The badges mentioned show a deer or the head with antlers and oak leaves with the GDR coat of arms in the lower part and are made of cast metal or plastic. The deer is one of the visual anchors in the NSK universe.

An embossed lignite briquette recently appeared in an online auction house, which shows the identical deer motif as on the badge as well as the year '1974' and the words 'Prosit Neujahr (Happy New Year)' in two lines. Should this commemorative briquette be proof of the founding date of the New Sorbian Art? Then the East German NSK would have been founded on January 1st, 1974. It has not yet been possible to reconstruct where exactly this founding meeting took place in Lusatia on the night of December 31st to January 1st, 1974.

Time doesn't just move forward linearly. Traveling back in time on a timeline changes reality there as well as here in the now. It is impossible to imagine what would happen to the 'NSK State In Time' if, at sufficient speed, the space-time curvature made travel in parallel universes of the 'NSK State In Time' possible.

But wait a minute - the tree for the national identity of the Sorbs is the linden tree. But don't the oak leaves show that we are on the wrong track.

[aurelianasrandomramblings]

Random pictures of german folk clothing (Tracht)

Pictures are sourced from wikipedia.

Gutacher Tracht, from the black forest region (who have a lot of different costumes)

other black forest costumes

Bückeberger Tracht for special days , Lower Saxony

"Älbler-Tracht" in Württemberg

Sorbian tracht of the Spreewald region

[wikiuntamed]

Five steps of Wikipedia for Sunday, 24th September 2023

Welcome, Benvenuto, Bienvenida, Benvenuta 🤗 Five steps of Wikipedia from "Gerhard Adam Neuhofer" to "Lagoon". 🪜👣

Start page 👣🏁: Gerhard Adam Neuhofer "Gerhard Adam Neuhofer (16 January 1773 – 12 December 1816) was a German deacon, teacher, philologist, historian and poet. He was born and died in Augsburg. ..."

Image by Walch

Step 1️⃣ 👣: Georg Lorenz Bauer "Georg Lorenz Bauer (14 August 1755 – 13 January 1806) was a German Lutheran Theologian, and writer on his subject. ..."

Step 2️⃣ 👣: David Erdmann "David Erdmann (28 July 1821 - 11 March 1905) was a German evangelical theologian and church historian...."

Step 3️⃣ 👣: Oder "The Oder ( OH-dər, German: [ˈoːdɐ] ; Czech, Lower Sorbian and Polish: Odra; Upper Sorbian: Wódra [ˈwʊt.ʀɑ]) is a river in Central Europe. It is Poland's second-longest river in total length and third-longest within its borders after the Vistula and Warta. The Oder rises in the Czech Republic and..."

Image licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0? by Grzegorz Kilian

Step 4️⃣ 👣: Achterwasser "The Achterwasser (Low German achtern = "rear, behind") is a lagoon forming a bay on the Peenestrom river, which flows into the Baltic Sea. This lagoon extends so far into the island of Usedom, that it is only separated from the Baltic Sea by a narrow barrier spit between Ückeritz and Zinnowitz. It..."

Image licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0? by Presse03

Step 5️⃣ 👣: Lagoon "A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into coastal lagoons (or barrier lagoons) and atoll lagoons. They have also been identified as occurring on..."

Image licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0? by Mwchalmers

[daily-unicode]

Ź

U+179 "LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH ACUTE" Represents the voiced alveolo-palatal fricative in Polish, Lower Sorbian, and Romani.

[cowboygirlfriends]

Which languages are you documenting?

basque, scottish gaelic, breton and upper and lower sorbian, mostly