Sorbs, also known as Lusatian Serbs, are a West Slavic ethnic group indigenous to parts of Lusatia located in the German states of Saxony and Brandenburg. Sorbs traditionally speak the Sorbian languag
Traditional female costume of Lower Lusatia (Spreewald)
The Chronicle of Fredegar mentions a Latin: Deruanus dux gente surbiorum, que ex genere Sclauinoru erant, lit. 'Dervan, Duke of the people of the Surbs, who were of the race of the Sclavs'
7th-century Sorbian Duchy of Dervan
The reconstructed Lusatian gord (fortification) of Raduš (Raddusch), near Vetschau, in Lower Lusatia
The Sorbian languages are the Upper Sorbian language and Lower Sorbian language, two closely related and partially mutually intelligible languages spoken by the Sorbs, a West Slavic ethno-cultural min
Sorbs
…are a West Slavic ethnic group indigenous to parts of Lusatia located in the German states of Saxony and Brandenburg. Sorbs traditionally speak the Sorbian languages, which are closely related to Polish, Czech, and Slovak. Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian are officially recognized minority languages in Germany. In…
Upper Sorbian-German information sign in Nebelschütz
Bilingual street signs in Cottbus (Chóśebuz) in German and Lower Sorbian
Bilingual town sign in Bautzen (Budyšin) with Upper Sorbian
Bilingual information board with Lower Sorbian on the A13