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Luxembourgeois

Luxembourgish
Lëtzebuergesch
Pronunciation [ˈlətsəbuːə̯jəʃ] (About this sound listen)
Native to Luxembourg, Belgium (Arelerland, and region of Saint-Vith), France, Germany
Region Central Europe
Native speakers
c. 390,000 (2010)
Latin (Luxembourgish alphabet)
Luxembourgish Braille
Official status
Official language in
 Luxembourg
Recognised minority
language in
 Belgium (recognised by the French Community of Belgium)
Language codes
ISO 639-1 lb
ISO 639-2 ltz
ISO 639-3
Glottolog luxe1241
Linguasphere 52-ACB-db
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Area where Luxembourgish (striped) and related Moselle Franconian is spoken (solid).
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Luxembourgish, Luxemburgish (/ˈlʌksəmˌbɜːrɡɪʃ/) or Letzeburgesch (/ˌlɛtsbɜːrˈɡɛʃ, -sə-/ or /ˈlɛtsˌbɜːrɡɪʃ, -sə-/) (Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuergesch) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. Worldwide, about 390,000 people speak Luxembourgish.

While it could be considered a standardized variety (i.e., a dialect with a written form) of German, its official use in the state of Luxembourg and the existence of a separate regulatory body has removed Luxembourgish, at least in part, from the domain of the Dachsprache Standard German. Despite the lack of a sharp boundary between Luxembourgish and the neighboring German dialects, this has led several linguists (from Luxembourg as well as Germany) to regard it as a separate, yet closely related language.


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