The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: WEE
ISO 639-2: wen
| Population | 14,000 or fewer speakers (1991 Elle) out of a larger ethnic group. |
| Region | Niederlausitz (Dolna Luzica) in eastern Germany, Cottbus (Chosebuz) the main town. The ethnic group has over 60 towns and villages. |
| Alternate names | NIEDERSORBISCH, BAS SORABE, WENDISH, LUSATIAN, LOWER LUSATIAN, DOLNOSERBSKI, DELNOSERBSKI |
| Classification | Indo-European, Slavic, West, Sorbian. |
| Comments | Almost exclusively older generation. Their own name for the language is 'Dolnoserbski'. High school, Sorbian language school. Newspapers. Bible 1796-1824. |
