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From www.luxembourg.public.lu - September 26, 2017 11:04 AM
The 26 September, is the European Day of Languages, dedicated to language diversity in Luxembourg. And Luxembourgish, spoken by 323,557 people in the Grand Duchy (2011 general population census), is part of those languages. Let's use the opportunity to shed some light on this language which is the first language of 55.8% of local residents..

A language with multiple influences

Originally, Luxembourgish is considered a Moselle Franconian dialect. It is spoken in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, in Belgium around Arlon and St. Vith and in the French region surrounding Thionville, as well as in the Moselle valley and the Bitburg and Daun districts in Germany. This is representative of the area of the former Duchy of Luxembourg.

Belonging to the western Germanic linguistic group, there are many similarities to German and especially Dutch. However, other languages have equally influenced the development of Luxembourgish during the millennia, often in the context of occupations or waves of immigration. Thus, Latin and later French have left their marks, as well as Spanish and Italian.

 

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