Standard French in Luxembourg

Speakers

285,381

Type

Location

Standard French in Luxembourg

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Standard French in Luxembourg

Size

285,381

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

285381
Source
census
Year
2011

Users within total population

55.00000
More than 50% use the language

PROPORTION

55
Source
census, 2011

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

226,307
79
percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Source

census, 2011

Age distribution of users

39,097
14
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)
Source

census, 2011

Age distribution of users

19,977
7
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
38,978
Primary education
Source

census, 2011

54
46
38,225
Lower secondary education
Source

census, 2011

49
51
94,025
Higher secondary education
Source

census, 2011

53
47
75,056
Tertiary education
Source

census, 2011

Occupational qualifications

28
72
18,343
Elementary occupations
Source

census, 2011

93
7
7,133
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
Source

census, 2011

95
5
15,100
Craft and related trades workers
Source

census, 2011

76
24
1,695
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
Source

census, 2011

39
61
19,508
Services and sales workers
Source

census, 2011

41
59
19,290
Clerical support workers
Source

census, 2011

50
50
21,922
Technicians and associate professionals
Source

census, 2011

52
48
34,708
Professionals
Source

census, 2011

70
30
10,607
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