Luxembourgish
Sign in to saveLuxembourgish ( ; also Luxemburgish, Luxembourgian, Letzebu(e)rgesch; ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide.
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Luxembourgish is a West Germanic language spoken primarily in Luxembourg by approximately 400,000 people around the world. It represents an important part of Luxembourg's cultural identity and linguistic heritage.
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Key facts
- Language.ethnicity
- Luxembourgers
- Language.fam6
- Central German
- Language.fam7
- West Central German
- Language.fam8
- Central Franconian
- Language.states
- Luxembourg; Saarland and north-west Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; Arelerland and Saint-Vith district, Belgium; Moselle department, France
- Language.region
- Western Europe
- Language.date
- 2024
- Language.ref
- e25
- Language.familycolor
- Indo-European
- Language.fam2
- Germanic
- Language.fam3
- West Germanic
- Language.fam4
- Weser–Rhine Germanic
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30 sectionsContents
- History
- Language family
- Speech
- Varieties
- Surrounding languages
- Orthography
- Standardisation
- Alphabet
- Orthography of vowels
- Eifeler Regel
- Phonology
- Consonants
- Vowels
- Grammar
- Nominal syntax
- Adjectives
- Word order
- Vocabulary
- Selected common phrases
- Neologisms
- Academic projects
- Endangered status claims
- Sample text
- See also
- Notes and references
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Luxembourgish ( ; also Luxemburgish, Luxembourgian, Letzebu(e)rgesch; ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide.
The language is standardized and officially the national language of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. As such, Luxembourgish is different from the German language also used in the Grand Duchy. The German language exists in a national standard variety of Luxembourg, which is slightly different from the standard varieties in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Another important language of Luxembourg is French, which had a certain influence on both the national language, Luxembourgish, and the Luxembourg national variety of German. Luxembourgish, German and French are the three official languages (Amtssprachen) of Luxembourg.