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A language of Germany

Alternate Names
Meissenish, Meißnisch, Obersächsisch
Autonym
Sächsisch
User Population

2,000,000 (1998 A. Thomsen).

Location

Sachsen state: Chemnitz, Dresden, and Leipzig; Sachsen-Anhalt state: Halle.

Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Dialects

Erzgebirgisch.

Language Use

Also use Standard German [deu].

Language Development

Bible portions: 1996.

Writing

Latin script [Latn].