Tiny Luxembourg could squeeze out French and German as official languages, leaving just Luxembourgish — currently spoken by about 385,000 people in a country where 45 percent of the population are ...

Luxembourg’s national language Letzebuergesch is making a comeback and fighting for official European Union recognition. Spoken by fewer than 400,000 people and listed as “vulnerable” by the UN ...

September 26 is the European Day of Languages — a day to celebrate all languages and cultures in Europe, as well as individual multilingualism. It is a day to encourage every citizen to learn a new ...

On Monday, Luxembourg's Chamber of Deputies will discuss a popular online petition that seeks to make Luxembourgish the country's only official language. Is the movement's success a sign of insecurity ...

In recent years, the Luxembourgish language has become increasingly popular, both in our country and abroad. Thus, the number of enrolments in Luxembourgish courses at the INL has more than doubled in ...

Moien, Äddi, and Kaweechelchen are the three Luxembourgish (Lëtzebuergesch) words I know. They were committed to memory during my recent stint as a Fulbright Faculty Fellow at the University of ...

The 2008 law on Luxembourgish nationality constitutes one of the most significant forms of legislation in contemporary Luxembourg. This project explores the motivations and rationale behind the new ...

Students Megan Strutt and Jamie Wilson have collaborated to create a stop-motion video that engages with the language situation in Luxembourg. Language in Luxembourg: A delicate balancing act? A video ...

The Luxembourgish way often comes across as absurd to those who didn’t grow up in it. Tell anyone you spoke a combination of three languages throughout your education and people tend to be baffled.

Which other national motto do you know apart from yours? France's is "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity), Quebec's is "Je me souviens" (I remember), for Belgium, it's ...