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Language code: lb

Technical information about ISO 639 language code lb

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The table below provides technical details for the Luxembourgish language, designated by the lb code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

lb

Name

Official

Luxembourgish

Native

Lëtzebuergesch

Family
Germanic
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Central LuxembourgishNorthern (Eifel/Eislécker) LuxembourgishMoselle Luxembourgish (Miseler)Arlon Luxembourgish (Areler)
Related languages
Standard GermanPalatine GermanRipuarianPennsylvania GermanYiddish
Key facts
Classified in the West Central German group (Moselle Franconian branch)Orthography first standardized in 1946 and overhauled in 1999Vocabulary shows heavy borrowing from French, especially in administration and cuisineThe alphabet omits the German letter ß, replacing it with “ss”The first known Luxembourgish grammar was published by Jean-François Gangler in 1845.
Sample phrase

Moien, wéi geet et dir?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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Luxembourgish belongs to the Indo-European language family, specifically to the Germanic subgroup. It is one of the official languages of Luxembourg and is also used in some parts of Belgium. It is written using the Latin script (Luxembourgish alphabet). It is estimated that there are more than 400,000 speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

Luxembourg

415K

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Luxembourgish speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

lb-LU – Luxembourgish (Luxembourg)

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