Written by Teodor Georgiev
Published on 07.09.2022
An interactive platform launched by languages institute INL offers lessons focusing on private and professional use of the language. Photo: Romain Gamba
The institut national des langues (INL) is launching an interactive online platform which allows users to learn Luxembourgish online or to accompany them in their classes.
Titled Léier Lëtzebuergesch, meaning learn luxembourgish, the service can be used for self-study or in addition to ongoing Luxembourgish classes. The platform offers lessons focusing on private and professional use of the language. The education ministry under which the institute operates stated in a press release that it is looking to respond to a growing interest in the language.
As the “About… Languages in Luxembourg” brochure outlines, Luxembourgish has come to play a more developed role in modern society. Having existed as a spoken language for most of its history, Luxembourgish is now established as a written language. A Statec study from 2019 indicated that for 76% of Luxembourg nationals, Luxembourgish is the language they master best. Notably, Luxembourgish has come to grow in use as a written language with the emergence of digital media, says the education ministry’s brochure.
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Those interested in picking up the language have seen more and more options becoming available: classes at the INL, private lessons, on the internet, via conversation tables and even through an audio eBook called “365 days to learn Luxembourgish”.