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  2. Languages of Luxembourg - Wikipedia

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    These three languages are also referred to as the three administrative languages, as the constitution does not specify them as being "official". As of 2018, 98% of the population was able to speak French at more or less a high level (usually as a second language), 78% spoke German, and 77% Luxembourgish (which is the most common native language ...

  3. Multilingualism in Luxembourg - Wikipedia

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    The use of languages for legal and administrative purposes is regulated by a law promulgated in 1984, including the following provisions: [1] Article 1: The national language of the Luxembourgers is Luxembourgish. Article 2: The laws are in French. Article 3: The language of the government: Luxembourgish, German and French can be used.

  4. Hausa language - Wikipedia

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    Hausa (/ ˈ h aʊ s ə /; [2] Harshen / Halshen Hausa listen ⓘ; Ajami: هَرْشٜىٰن هَوْسَا) is a Chadic language that is spoken by the Hausa people in the northern parts of Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Benin and Togo, and the southern parts of Niger, and Chad, with significant minorities in Ivory Coast.

  5. Chadic languages - Wikipedia

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    They include 196 languages [1] spoken across northern Nigeria, southern Niger, southern Chad, and northern Cameroon. By far the most widely spoken Chadic language is Hausa , a lingua franca of much of inland Eastern West Africa , particularly Niger and the northern half of Nigeria.

  6. Boko alphabet - Wikipedia

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    Boko (or bookoo) is a Latin-script alphabet used to write the Hausa language. The first boko alphabet was devised by Europeans in the early 19th century, [1] and developed in the early 20th century by the British and French colonial authorities. It was made the official Hausa alphabet in 1930. [2]

  7. Talk:Languages of Luxembourg - Wikipedia

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    The use of French as an offical language is rather politically motivated, as a means of emphasizing the difference between Luxembourg and Germany. I deleted the cited sentence, but did not include the political motivation part because I know this is a sensitive issue which perhaps needs discussion.

  8. List of official languages - Wikipedia

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    Luxembourg (with German and Luxembourgish) ... Wolof, the official language is French) Hausa: ... National language in Switzerland (with German, ...

  9. List of official languages by country and territory - Wikipedia

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    A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...