Language

Upper Saxon

Upper Saxon is a language in the Indo-European family spoken in Germany.

Portions of Scripture

Scripture in Upper Saxon

Portions of Scripture are reported in Upper Saxon.

From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.

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Where Upper Saxon is spoken

  • Germany

See Upper Saxon on the language map

About Upper Saxon

Language family
Indo-European
ISO 639-3 code
sxu
Glottocode
uppe1400
Also known as
Central East Middle German · Saxon, Upper · Saxon, Upper: Erzgebirgisch

Dialects and varieties 30

Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Upper Saxon as a whole.

  • AnhaltischNo known Scripture
  • BreslauischNo known Scripture
  • Central ThuringianNo known Scripture
  • East ThuringianNo known Scripture
  • High East PrussianNo known Scripture
  • Ilm ThuringianNo known Scripture
  • MeissnischNo known Scripture
  • NordmeissnischNo known Scripture
  • Nordobersächsisch-SüdmärkischNo known Scripture
  • NordwestböhmischNo known Scripture
  • North ThuringianNo known Scripture
  • North Upper SaxonNo known Scripture
  • Northeast ThuringianNo known Scripture
  • OberländischNo known Scripture
  • OsterländischNo known Scripture
  • OsterzgebirgischNo known Scripture
  • OstmeissnischNo known Scripture
  • Saxon, Upper: ErzgebirgischNo known Scripture
  • South Upper SaxonNo known Scripture
  • Southeast ThuringianNo known Scripture
  • SüdmeissnischNo known Scripture
  • ThuringianNo known Scripture
  • Upper SaxonNo known Scripture
  • VorerzgebirgischNo known Scripture
  • VorvogtländischNo known Scripture
  • West ThuringianNo known Scripture
  • WesterzgebirgischNo known Scripture
  • WestlausitzischNo known Scripture
  • Westlich NordböhmischNo known Scripture
  • WestmeissnischNo known Scripture

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Sources

  • DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
  • GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
  • Data provided by Joshua ProjectData provided by Joshua Project · Noncommercial missions research and educational use
  • Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained

Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0.