Luxembourgian or Luxembourgish (from Lëtzebuergesch; French: Luxembourgeois, German: Luxemburgisch, Dutch: Luxemburgs, Walloon: Lussimbordjwès) is a High German language spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 320,000 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 and o...
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Luxembourgian or Luxembourgish (from Lëtzebuergesch; French: Luxembourgeois, German: Luxemburgisch, Dutch: Luxemburgs, Walloon: Lussimbordjwès) is a High German language spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 320,000 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 and one of three administrative languages (along with French and Standard German).
Luxembourgish is also spoken in the Arelerland region of Belgium (part of the Province of Luxembourg) and in small parts of Lorraine in France.
In the German Eifel and Hunsrück regions, and in Lorraine, similar local Moselle Franconian dialects of German are spoken. Furthermore, the language is spoken by a few descendants of Luxembourg immigrants in the United States, and another similar Moselle Franconian dialect is spoken by ethnic Germans long settled in...
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