Statec has revealed that Luxembourgish is the language spoken by the majority of residents in the Grand Duchy.
In light of yesterday’s debate at the Chamber of Deputies on the Luxembourgish language and its possible introduction as the country’s official administrative and judicial language, Statec has published data regarding the use of different languages by Luxembourg residents.
On average, people living in Luxembourg speak 2.2 languages with Luxembourgish being the lingua franca. In fact, 7 out of 10 people speak at home, at work and at school and more than half consider it their main language. Meanwhile, Portuguese is the main language for the Portuguese population, according to the last population census in 2011.
Following Luxembourgish as the most spoken language with 70.5%, French is used by over half and German by almost a third of the population. These are followed by English and Portuguese, with 1 in 5 people speaking these languages at work, school or at home.
Moreover, 39.8% of the population speak only one language, 26% speak two, more than one in six people (17.4%) speak three, and one in eight (12.8%) speak four. People who speak the most languages are those between 15 and 19 years old (2.6 languages).
