What Slavic languages are spoken in Germany?

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Sorbian in the lower end of Brandenburg and the east of Saxony. (Also in a small part of Texas!) Bautzen and Cottbus are centres of Upper and Lower Sorbian. Here's a guide to the pronunciation: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/sorbian.htm Wendisch is a name sometimes found, but this can be regarded as insulting. Slavic languages extended further than their present limited area in Germany - many place names including Leipzig, Dresden and even Berlin! Dec 08 07, 7:00 PM

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There is a variant of Sorbian that does not have its own english Wikipedia article. I therefore refer to the German Wiki pageabout Ponaschemu, a mixed languge between German and Sorbian ("Niedersorbisch"). http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponaschemu Dec 08 07, 8:24 PM

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There are two main variants of Sorbian language, Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian. Lower Sorbian (Dolnoserbski)) is a Slavic minority language spoken in eastern Germany in the historical province of Lower Lusatia, today part of Brandenburg. It is one of the two literary Sorbian languages, the other being Upper Sorbian. Being similar with each other, the Lower Sorbian tends a bit to the Polish language, the Upper Sorbian a bit to the Czech Language. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Sorbian_language Upper Sorbian (Hornjoserbsce) is a minority language spoken in Germany in the historical province of Upper Lusatia, today part of Saxony. A West Slavic language, it strongly resembles Czech. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Sorbian Dec 08 07, 8:34 PM