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Luxembourgish in Luxembourg

Speakers

361,209

Type

Spoken language

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Location

Luxembourg

Luxembourgish in Luxembourg

Country

Luxembourg

Language status situation

Potentially vulnerable

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Language situation

Endangered

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Information available

1. Basics

Names

Luxembourgish in Luxembourg

Size

361,209

Lëtzebuergesch (français: luxembourgeois, allemand: Luxemburgisch) is since 1984 the national language of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg.

Other official languages are French and German.

2. Status

Status

Official country wide language
Official regional language
Official minority language
Recognised community language
Unrecognised community language

National language

Yes

Indigenous language

Yes

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

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Video

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

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Audio

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Documentation: descriptions

Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
Dictionaries and grammars
Dictionary and grammar
Glossary and descriptions
Few descriptions
No descriptions

Digital

Yes

Comments

www.lod.lu
www.zls.lu
www.lux.lu

Standardization

Modern standard language
Young standard language
Standardised language
Quasi-standard language
Semi-standardised language
Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

Standardised writing system with full script encoding
Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
Consistent writing system with no script encoding
Unsystematic writing system(s)
Limited written use
No written use

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

361209

Source

census

Year

2011

Users within total population

70.00000

More than 50% use the language

PROPORTION

Source

census, 2011

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

231,174

percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)

Source

census, 2011

Age distribution of users

69,352

percentage of members of young generations (< 15)

Source

census, 2011

Age distribution of users

60,683

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

47,933

Primary education

Source

census, 2011

261,950

Lower secondary education

Source

census, 2011

128,553

Higher secondary education

Source

census, 2011

65,421

Tertiary education

Source

census, 2011

Occupational qualifications

8,939

Elementary occupations

Source

census, 2011

6,377

Plant and machine operators and assemblers

Source

census, 2011

10,446

Craft and related trades workers

Source

census, 2011

3,891

Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers

Source

census, 2011

18,536

Services and sales workers

Source

census, 2011

22,061

Clerical support workers

Source

census, 2011

23,198

Technicians and associate professionals

Source

census, 2011

28,447

Professionals

Source

census, 2011

6,919

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

Ethnoculture

Formal Education

Early childhood education

Primary level

Lower secondary level

Higher secondary level

Tertiary level

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