Luxembourgish language

Not to be confused with Limburgish.

Luxembourgish is a West Germanic language. A lot of people in Luxembourg speak the language. It is quite similar to German. Outside Luxembourg, not many people speak it, and inside Luxembourg many people speak other languages, too.

Luxembourgish
Lëtzebuergesch
Pronunciation	[ˈlœt͡səbuɐ̯jəʃ]
Native to	Luxembourg  Belgium  France  Germany
Region	Central Europe
Native speakers	(320,000 cited 1998)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic High German West Central German Central Franconian Moselle Franconian Luxembourgish
Writing system	Latin (Luxembourgish alphabet) Luxembourgish Braille
Official status
Official language in	Luxembourg
Recognised minority language in	Belgium (recognised by the (French Community of Belgium)
Regulated by	Conseil Permanent de la Langue Luxembourgeoise (CPLL)
Language codes
ISO 639-1	lb
ISO 639-2	ltz
ISO 639-3	ltz
Area where Luxembourgisch (hatched) and related Moselle Franconian is spoken.
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