11 Facts About Luxembourgish language

1.

Luxembourgish language is spoken in the Arelerland region of Belgium and in small parts of Lorraine in France.

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The Luxembourgish language is spoken by a few descendants of Luxembourg immigrants in the United States and Canada.

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3.

Political party that places the greatest importance on promoting, using and preserving Luxembourgish language is the Alternative Democratic Reform Party and its electoral success in the 1999 election pushed the CSV-DP government to make knowledge of it a criterion for naturalisation.

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Modifications to this standard were proposed by the Permanent Council of the Luxembourguish Luxembourgish language and adopted officially in the spelling reform of 30 July 1999.

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5.

Comparative in Luxembourgish is formed analytically, i e the adjective itself is not altered .

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6.

Luxembourgish language allows prepositional phrases to appear after the verb cluster in subordinate clauses:.

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7.

Neologisms in Luxembourgish language include both entirely new words, and the attachment of new meanings to old words in everyday speech.

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8.

LaF is a set of four language proficiency certifications for Luxembourgish and follows the ALTE framework of language examination standards.

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9.

UNESCO declared Luxembourgish to be an endangered language in 2019, adding it to its Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

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10.

Additionally, some local media have argued that the Luxembourgish language is at risk of disappearing, and that it should be considered an endangered language.

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11.

Today, Luxembourgish language is nearly extinct in this region, having been replaced by French.

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