Editing Luxembourgish (section)

== Language family ==

Luxembourgish belongs to the [[West Central German]] group of the [[High German languages]] and is the primary example of a [[Moselle Franconian language]]. Furthermore, it is closely related to [[Transylvanian Saxon dialect|Transylvanian Saxon]] which has been spoken since the [[High Middle Ages]] by the [[Transylvanian Saxons]] in [[Transylvania]], present-day central [[Romania]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtl.lu/your-luxembourg/knowledge-bites/a/1411526.html|title=The Transylvanian Saxon dialect, a not-so-distant cousin of Luxembourgish|work=RTL|author=Vu(m) Nathalie Lodhi|date=13 January 2020|accessdate=18 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20190909-the-last-of-transylvanias-saxons|title=The Saxons first arrived in Romania's Transylvania region in the 12th Century, but over the past few decades the community has all but vanished from the region.|work=BBC Travel|author=Stephen McGrath|date=10 September 2019|accessdate=18 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|language=en|url=https://www.thedockyards.com/the-transylvanian-saxon-dialect/|title=A Brief History Of The Transylvanian Saxon Dialect
|work=The Dockyards|author=Victor Rouă|date=19 August 2015|accessdate=16 January 2023}}</ref>