Luxembourgish language

Luxembourgish
Luxembourgish
Lëtzebuergesch
Pronunciation	[ˈlœt͡səbuɐ̯jəʃ]
Native to	Luxembourg; Belgium; France; Germany
Region	Central Europe
Native speakers	320,000 (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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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 Language Media

A Luxembourgish speaker, recorded in France.
Sign in Luxembourgish indicating the way to walk through a shop during the COVID-19 pandemic
Sign in French and Luxembourgish (in italic) in a supermarket. Items labeled in Standard German and French are displayed.
"Moien" ("Hello"): Sculpture (approx. 2 meters high) in the Justus-Lipsius building during the Luxembourgish EU-Presidency, first half of 2005

Other websites

Media related to Luxembourgish language at Wikimedia Commons

This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Luxembourgish language edition.