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Luxembourgish ( LUK-səm-bur-ghish; also Luxemburgish, Luxembourgian, Letzebu(e)rgesch; endonym: Lëtzebuergesch [ˈlətsəbu̯əjəʃ] ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide. The language is standardized and officially the national language of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. As such, Luxembourgish is different from the German la

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Luxembourgish
Lëtzebuergesch
Pronunciation[ˈlətsəbu̯əjəʃ]
Native toLuxembourg; Saarland and north-west Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; Arelerland and Saint-Vith district, Belgium; Moselle department, France
RegionWestern Europe
EthnicityLuxembourgers
Native speakers
400,000 (2024)
Early forms
Proto-Germanic
  • Frankish
    • Old High Franconian
      • Old Central Franconian
Official status
Official language in
Luxembourg
Recognised minority
language in
Regulated byCouncil for the Luxembourgish Language
Language codes
ISO 639-1lb
ISO 639-2ltz
ISO 639-3ltz
Glottologluxe1243
Linguasphere52-ACB-db
The area where Luxembourgish (pale indigo) and other dialects of Moselle Franconian (medium indigo) are spoken. The internal isogloss for words meaning "on, at", i.e. op and of, is also shown (Standard German: auf).
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