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🌍 Of the Wends 🧑 A Wend 🗣️ A Slavic language
Wendish

Wendish

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A Slavic language spoken by the Wends, also called Sorbian
  • noun
  • Archaic
: wendio
  • Few people today are fluent in Wendish, but efforts to preserve the language continue.

Examples

  • The museum features ancient manuscripts written in Wendish.

  • She studied Wendish to better understand the region's folk songs and stories.

  • The Wendish language has many unique features.

  • I learned some basic Wendish phrases during my trip.

  • She studied Wendish to better understand the region's folk songs and stories.

  • The museum features ancient manuscripts written in Wendish.

  • Few people today are fluent in Wendish, but efforts to preserve the language continue.

Synonyms

Sorbian
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A Slavic language spoken by a small minority in eastern Germany

is a single historical West Slavic language rather than one of a modern pair
Lusatian
vsWendish
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A Slavic language like Polish or Czech, spoken in southeastern Germany in the area called Lusatia and also called Sorbian

is historically spoken across parts of Central Europe rather than only one region
Sorbian language
vsWendish
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A Slavic language spoken by the Sorb people in eastern Germany

is used historically across several central European areas rather than mainly locally
Lusatian language
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A language spoken by the Sorbian people in Lusatia, southeastern Germany

is broader historically across central Europe rather than focusing on one region

Surface Forms

Wendish singular
Wendishes plural

Morphology

Wendish = Wend (transparent) = wend + ish

The language name is formed in the same way as other language/demonym formations (ethnonym + '-ish'), so the morphological relation is straightforward.

Etymology

Wendish was the old English name for the language of the Wends, now more often called Sorbian, so Wendish refers to that Slavic language.