LL-L "Language maintenance" 2004.02.09 (03) [E]

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From: Heiko Evermann <Heiko.Evermann at gmx.de>
Subject: LL-L "Language maintenance" 2004.02.08 (04) [E]

Hi Roger,

> A study was made about the languages spoken in Messancy, one of the
> municipalties in Belgium with a Luxembourgish dialect.
> The results are published in:
> http://www.alas.be/sondage%20Miezeg.pdf
> page 14:
> 94 perc. of age 65+ is bilingual (French + Luxembourgish)
> only 6% of age -20 speaks both languages (read: speaks still
> Luxembourgish)
>
> The website of the Luwembourgish speakers in Belgium is at:
> http://www.alas.be

1) When I was spending 3 days in Luxembourg (city) on a tour to Paris last
summer, I heard most people talking French. I think I only heard 2 people
talking Luxembourgish in all that time. So maybe the situation is not much
better
in Luxembourg?

2) The website www.alas.be is almost entirely written in French.

3) some links
* http://www.revue.lu/journal/article.asp?ArticleNum=1343 about the language
status in Arelerland

* http://home-13.tiscali-business.nl/%7Etpm09245/lang/langbel.htm languages
and dialects in Belgium

Regards,

Heiko Evermann

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