“The law of 24 February 1984 on the language regime establishes Luxembourgish as the national language, but also determines the use of other languages in official acts. Thus, legislative acts and their implementing regulations are drafted in French (although other regulations issued by official bodies may be drafted in another language). Similarly, Luxembourgish, French and German share the status of administrative and judicial languages of the country.”[1]
In 2018, the government has adopted a long-term strategy to promote the Luxembourgish language. This strategy has the following objectives and commitments: reinforce the importance of the Luxembourgish language; advance the standardisation, use and study of Luxembourgish; promote the learning of Luxembourgish and culture; promote culture in Luxembourgish. As these objectives affect almost all areas of public life, a 20-year action plan is being developed to achieve a linguistic and cultural policy in agreement with all the actors of society. The law of 20 July 2018 on the promotion of the Luxembourgish language serves as legal framework for the provision of means and structures for the implementation of the government strategy.
Other laws and regulations with relation to the Luxembourgish language relate to the setting up of a permanent Council for the Luxembourgish language, the Luxembourgish spelling rules or the attestations of communication competences in Luxembourgish. It is noteworthy that a specific law also foresees the possibility of a linguistic leave to enable employees, self-employed workers and individuals in the liberal professions to learn or perfect their command of the Luxembourgish language with a view to facilitating their integration into Luxembourg society.[2]
A number of other laws concern language education in general, notably with relation to the National Institute for languages.
[1] https://gouvernement.lu/fr/dossiers/2018/langue-luxembourgeoise.html
[2] https://guichet.public.lu/en/citoyens/travail-emploi/conges-jours-feries/formation-professionnelle/conge-linguistique.html
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