What language do people in Luxembourg speak?

The official languages ??are French and German: French is mostly used in administration, justice and diplomacy; German is mostly used in newspapers and periodicals.

The multilingual phenomenon of "crossroads countries" is due to the mixing of different ethnic groups, but this is not the case in Luxembourg. Traditionally, this country has only one main ethnic group - the Luxembourgish ethnic group, which is similar to France in blood. , but historically it has been part of the German-speaking "Holy Roman Empire" for a long time, and the upper echelons of European courts generally have the traditional habit of communicating in French. This has resulted in the phenomenon that both German and French languages ??have become written languages, but have not been written down for a long time. Luxembourgish has been used as a spoken language for a long time.

Luxembourgish is a branch of Franconian language, and its speakers are mainly distributed in the Moselle region and the bordering German and French cities. Although Luxembourgish belongs to the Sino-Spanish language family of High German, it has more than 5,000 French etymological words. As the mother tongue, Luxembourger is also regarded as the "language of the heart" and is used for daily spoken language rather than written language. In the education system, Luxembourg, German and French are developed step by step and go hand in hand. The lower grades of primary school are taught in Luxembourgish, the upper grades begin in German, and the secondary schools switch to French. Proficiency in these three languages ??is a necessary condition for graduation from local middle schools, which results in half of middle school students not receiving diplomas. Under the system, the children of immigrants (especially non-European immigrants) are particularly disadvantaged.

Luxembourg has a particularly large number of foreign expatriates, accounting for more than 30% of the country's population. The largest immigrant groups are Portuguese and Italians. They also brought their own language with them. However, Portuguese and Italian are basically limited to communication within immigrant groups and are not widely used in large areas.