• Tuxophil@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    Yeah, sure. That’s why the very same article quotes the Commissioner stating that people learning the language often don’t find anyone speaking it to actually practice.

    “used more than ever” is just a statistical lie. It’s based on absolute numbers but to be able to actually use a language, it’s the relative numbers that count, i.e. the proportion of Luxembourgish speakers among people being here day to day (600k + 200k frontaliers). That proportion has been dwindling for a long time. And it shows.

    (No, I don’t vote ADR but I’m fed up with the gaslighting nonetheless.)

  • Zachariah@lemmy.world
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    28 days ago

    Yes it is: “the Luxembourgish language” is used twice in the title of this post. And here I’ve used it once again.