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Luxembourgish

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Luxembourgish is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide.

Facts
ISO 639-3 Code
ltz 1
Speaker Count
400,000 1
2024 estimate.
Status
Living 1
Wikipedia article on Luxembourgish: a currently spoken living language with an active native-speaker population; checked 2026-09-27.
Attested From (Year)
from 1829 2
Region
Western Europe 1
Classification
Official Status
Official Language 1
Connections

In Family

Germanic, Language Families
Source Wikipedia: Luxembourgish Language
West Central German, Language Families
Source Wikipedia: Luxembourgish Language

Written In

Latin Script, Scripts

Luxembourgish is standardly written in the Latin alphabet.

In the Other Atlases

Found In

Europe

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Western Europe

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Wikipedia: Luxembourgish Language
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    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.
  • Infobox, ISO 639-3
    ltz
  • Lead section
    About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide.
  • Infobox, region
    Western Europe
  • Infobox, Official language in
    Luxembourg
  • In Family: Germanic, Infobox, Language family
    Germanic
  • In Family: West Central German, Infobox, Language family
    West Central German
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2. Omniglot: Luxembourgish language, alphabet and pronunciation
OmniglotLanguage at a glance
Quote, Language at a glance
First written : 1829
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