John C Rigdon

Luxembourgish / English / French Phrasebook John C Rigdon

This phrasebook features terms and sample sentences in English, French, and Luxembourgish. Luxembourgish is a West Germanic language spoken by about 500,000 people in Luxembourg, France, Belgium, and Germany. There are also a few Luxembourgish speakers in the USA. It has a lot in common with German and Dutch, and has also borrowed some words from French.

More than 350,000 people commute to work in Luxembourg every day - mostly from France, Belgium and Germany - making a mix of languages, including English, a necessity in navigating local life.

Luxembourgish is used in pre-school education in Luxembourg. Primary education is in German and senior education is in French. Many people also learn another language, such as English or Dutch. Local radio stations broadcast a few hours of Luxembourgish each week.

Debates in the Luxembourg parliament are carried out mainly in Luxembourgish, though some deputies prefer to use French. Laws are drafted in French, but people are free to use French, German or Luxembourgish when dealing with administrative and judicial matters.

This phrasebook is extracted from our Words R Us system, a derivative of WordNet. English Wordnet, originally created by Princeton University is a lexical database for the English language. It groups words in English into sets of synonyms called synsets, provides brief definitions and usage examples, and records a series of relationships between these sets of synonyms. WordNet can be viewed as both a combination of dictionary and thesaurus. This phrasebook will be indispensable for any international company doing business in areas where Luxembourgish is spoken. We also publish a companion volume with definitions of the terms in English.

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