Luxembourgish Language

Luxembourgish
Lëtzebuergesch
Pronunciation	[ˈlətsəbuəjəʃ]
Native to	Luxembourg, Belgium (Arelerland, and region of Saint-Vith), France, Germany
Region	Central Europe
Native speakers	c. 390,000 (2010)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic High German West Central German Central Franconian Moselle Franconian Luxembourgish
Writing system	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
ISO 639-3
Glottolog	luxe1241
Linguasphere	52-ACB-db
Area where Luxembourgish (striped) and related Moselle Franconian is spoken (solid).
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Luxembourgish, Luxemburgish (/ˈlʌksəmˌbɜːrɡᵻʃ/) or Letzeburgesch (/ˌlɛtsᵊbɜːrˈɡɛʃ/ or /ˈlɛtsᵊˌbɜːrɡᵻʃ/) (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.