SXU ISO 639-3
Saxon, Upper
Sächsisch Autonym
A language of Germany
- ISO 639
- sxu
- Alternate Names
- Meissenish, Meißnisch, Obersächsisch
- Autonym
- Sächsisch
- Population
- 2,000,000 (1998 A. Thomsen).
- Location:
- Sachsen state: Chemnitz, Dresden, and Leipzig; Sachsen-Anhalt state: Halle.
- Language Status
- 6a* (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German
- Dialects
- Erzgebirgisch.
- Language Use
- Also use Standard German [deu].
- Language Development
- Bible portions: 1996.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Saxon, Upper
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Sachsen state: Chemnitz, Dresden, and Leipzig; Sachsen-Anhalt state: Halle.
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