Editing Saxony (section)

=== Languages ===
[[File:Budyšin – měšćanska tafla (2021).jpg|thumb|Boundary sign of [[Bautzen]] / Budyšin in [[German language|German]] and [[Upper Sorbian language|Upper Sorbian]]. Many place names in eastern Saxony are derived from Sorbian.]]

The most common [[patois]] spoken in Saxony are combined in the group of "[[Thuringian dialect|Thuringian]] and [[Upper Saxon German|Upper Saxon dialects]]". Due to the inexact use of the term "Saxon dialects" in colloquial language, the Upper Saxon attribute has been added to distinguish it from [[Old Saxon]] and [[Low German|Low Saxon]]. Other German dialects spoken in Saxony are the dialects of the [[Ore Mountains]], which have been affected by Upper Saxon dialects, and the dialects of the Vogtland, which are more affected by the [[East Franconian German|East Franconian]] languages.

[[Upper Sorbian language|Upper Sorbian]] (a [[West Slavic languages|West Slavic language]]) is spoken in the parts of [[Upper Lusatia]] that are inhabited by the Sorbian minority. The Germans in Upper Lusatia speak distinct dialects of their own (Lusatian dialects).