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t. e. Luxembourgers ( / ˈlʌksəmbɜːrɡərz / LUK-səm-bur-gərz; Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerger [ˈlətsəbuəjɐ] ⓘ) are an ethnic group native to their nation state of Luxembourg, where they make up around half of the population. They share the culture of Luxembourg and speak Luxembourgish, a West Germanic language .
Luxembourgish ( / ˈlʌksəmbɜːrɡɪʃ / LUK-səm-bur-ghish; also Luxemburgish, [2] Luxembourgian, [3] Letzebu (e)rgesch; [4] endonym: Lëtzebuergesch [ˈlətsəbuəjəʃ] ⓘ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 300,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide. [5] The language is a standardized language and ...
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SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Luxembourgers ( / ˈlʌksəmbɜːrɡərz / LUK-səm-bur-gərz; Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerger [ ˈlətsəbuəjɐ] ⓘ) are an ethnic group native to their nation state of Luxembourg, where they make up around half of the population. They share the culture of Luxembourg and speak Luxembourgish, a West Germanic language.
– in Europe (green & dark gray) – in the European Union (green) Capital and largest city Luxembourg Official languages National language: Luxembourgish Administrative languages: Luxembourgish German French Nationality (2023) 52.8% Luxembourgers 14.5% Portuguese 7.6% French 3.7% Italians 21.4% other Religion (2018) 73.2% Christianity 63.8% Catholicism 9.4% other Christian 23.4% no religion ...
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- National language:, Luxembourgish, Administrative languages:, Luxembourgish, French, German
Texts & Literature. • eLuxemburgensia (National Library of Luxembourg): online Luxembourgish newspapers. • Dictionnaire des auteurs luxembourgeois: Dictionary of the Luxembourgish writers. • L'écrivain francophone grand-ducal et ses choix linguistique et culturel by Frank Wilhelm, in Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire (2001) • De ...
The first language of all Luxembourgers, Letzebürgesch is learned in childhood and spoken at home. Although it is primarily an oral rather than a written language, a Letzebürgesch dictionary and grammar were created in 1950, and the language has been accorded official status since 1984.
Luxembourgish is a Moselle-Franconian dialect, which was a mainly spoken language up to the 19th century and became the national language in 1984. Today, Luxembourgish is the mother tongue of most Luxembourgers. It sounds close to Dutch, being a mixture of German and French with regional and even locally varying dialects.
