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Luxembourgish (/ ˈ l ʌ k s əm b ɜːr ɡ ɪ ʃ / LUK-səm-bur-ghish; also Luxemburgish, [2] Luxembourgian, [3] Letzebu(e)rgesch; [4] endonym: Lëtzebuergesch [ˈlətsəbuəjəʃ] ⓘ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 300,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide.
The personal union proved short-lived as it was bilaterally and amicably dissolved in 1890. [5] Legally, all citizens of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are considered to be Luxembourgers per Luxembourgish law, although a distinct Germanic ethnolinguistic identification is vocally espoused and promoted. The corresponding adjective is "Luxembourgish".
Monique Philippart (born 1955), children's writer, writing in German; Nathalie Ronvaux (born 1977), poet, playwright; Germaine Simon (1921–2012), novelist, short story writer; Margret Steckel (born 1934), German-born Luxembourg novelist, columnist, translator, writing in German; Marie Henriette Steil (1898–1930), short story writer
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film [nb 1] since 1997. The Foreign Language Film award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. [3]
Along with Michel Lentz and Michel Rodange, he is an outstanding figure in the history of Luxembourg literature, writing poetry in Luxembourgish. [8] Another influential writer was Batty Weber (1860–1940) who worked both as a journalist and as an author of short stories, novels, plays and poems, contributing much to the development of ...
When Luxembourgish children are first taught to read and write in public schools, it is in German. The language of instruction in public primary school is German. Moreover, Luxembourgish is taught only one hour per week at secondary school and only in the first years. In secondary school, besides German, French and Luxembourgish, English is
The literature of Luxembourg is little known beyond the country's borders, partly because Luxembourg authors write in one or more of the three official languages (French, German and Luxembourgish), partly because many works are specifically directed to a local readership.
Jean of Luxembourg (1921–2019), former Grand Duke; Henri of Luxembourg (born 1955), current Grand Duke; Victor Bodson (1902–1984), justice minister, Righteous Among the Nations