Locale Lb Lu

Reference data for the Luxembourgish (Luxembourg) locale — endonym Lëtzebuergesch (Lëtzebuerg), written in the Latin script, left-to-right (LTR).

Identifiers

• BCP 47 tag: lb-LU
• ISO 639-1: lb
• ISO 639-3: ltz
• Script: Latn (Latin)
• Region: LU (Luxembourg)
• Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)

Speakers (approximate)

• L1 (native): 400,000
• L2 (additional): 200,000
• L1+L2 (total): 600,000

Base locale

This is a regional variant of Locale Lb 001 (Luxembourgish), the base/macro locale for this language.

Pluralization

CLDR plural categories for this locale: one, other (2 forms).

• one — n = 1 (e.g. 1)
• other — everything else (e.g. 0, 2~16, 100, 1000, …)

See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.

Translating into this locale

Apply Locale Lb 001 to Luxembourgish in Luxembourg.

• Trilingual context: Luxembourgish is the national language, French is the language of legislation, and German is used in the press and school. Official documents appear in French; Luxembourgish is increasingly written in apps and campaigns.
• Names and institutions: keep official names (Chamber of Deputies is "Chamber", Government is "Regierung") in the forms used on the government portal.
• Formats: euro, day.month.year, 24-hour clock, decimal comma.

Common pitfalls

• Translating Luxembourgish through French.
• Using German-only spellings.
• The general pitfalls in Locale Lb 001 also apply.

Learn more

• Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
• Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
• Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire (LOD, https://lod.lu)