Standard German in Luxembourg

Speakers

156,780

Type

Location

Standard German in Luxembourg

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Standard German in Luxembourg

Size

156,780

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
No

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

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Video

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Audio

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Documentation: descriptions

Standardization

Graphisation & script encoding

4. Users

Geographical distribution

  • Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
  • Users live in one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
  • Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

  • Rural
  • Urban

Size / Number of users

Number of users

156780
Source
census
Year
2011

Users within total population

30.00000
Less than 50% use the language

PROPORTION

30
Source
census, 2011

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

116,644
74
percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Source

census, 2011

Age distribution of users

27,907
18
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)
Source

census, 2011

Age distribution of users

12,229
8
percentage of members of older generations (> 65)
Source

census, 2011

Generational use

Educational attainment

No education
Source

census, 2011

Early childhood education
Source

census, 2011

47
53
12,456
Primary education
Source

census, 2011

52
48
18,042
Lower secondary education
Source

census, 2011

50
50
57,539
Higher secondary education
Source

census, 2011

56
44
40,836
Tertiary education
Source

census, 2011

Occupational qualifications

47
53
3,387
Elementary occupations
Source

census, 2011

93
7
3,039
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
Source

census, 2011

94
6
5,393
Craft and related trades workers
Source

census, 2011

71
29
1,158
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
Source

census, 2011

40
60
9,652
Services and sales workers
Source

census, 2011

41
59
12,658
Clerical support workers
Source

census, 2011

51
49
13,753
Technicians and associate professionals
Source

census, 2011

52
48
19,966
Professionals
Source

census, 2011

72
28
5,461
Managers
Source

census, 2011

Language competence

Language not used
Understand little, speak/sign none
Understand some, speak/sign little
Understand well, speak/sign some
Understand all, speak/sign well
Understand all, speak/sign fluently

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope
  • International
  • Supranational
  • Cross-border (states)
  • State-wide
  • Supra-regional cross-border
  • Supra-regional
  • Regional cross-border
  • Regional
  • Local

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration
  • International level
  • National level
  • Regional level
  • Local level
  • Auxiliary use
  • No use

Types of language use

Ethnoculture

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Primary level
Lower secondary level
Higher secondary level
Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Legal system

Completion