| Also Known As: Luxemburgish,Moselle Franconian,Luxemburgian,Platt,Luxembourgish,Letzburgisch,Frankish,Lëtzebuergesch,Luxembourgeois
Description:
Luxembourgish (Lëtzebuergesch, French: Luxembourgeois, German: Luxemburgisch, Dutch: Luxemburgs, Walloon: Lussimbordjwès), is a Moselle Franconian language spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 390,000 people worldwide speak Luxembourgish.
Luxembourgish belongs to the West Central German group of High German languages, and is the primary example of a Moselle Franconian language.
Luxembourgish is the national language of Luxembourg, but it is only one of three administrative languages (along with French and German).
Luxembourgish is also spoken in small parts of the surrounding countries of Belgium (in the Province of Luxembourg near Arlon), France (in small parts of Lorraine) and Germany (around Bitburg and Trier). In Germany and Lorraine it is simply considered the local German dialect. Since the Second World War, however, the language has not been taught in these countries, with the result that use of Luxembourgish is largely restricted to the older generations.
Furthermore, the language is spoken by a few descendants of Luxembourg immigrants in the United States, and a closely related variety is spoken by ethnic Germans long settled in Transylvania, Romania (Siebenbürgen).
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