Editing Demographics of Luxembourg (section)

== Language ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Census 2011
!Luxembourgish
!Portuguese
!French
!German
!Italian
!English
!Dutch
!Spanish
!Serbian
!other
|-
|main language
|55.8
|15.7
|12.1
|3.1
|2.9
|2.1
|0.9
|0.8
|0.5
|
|-
|spoken at home
|64.9
|8.8

|31.2
|11.6
|5.1
|7.2
|
|
|
|10.4
|-
|use in school
|79.6
|10.2
|49.1
|39.3
|1.7
|20.4
|
|
|
|6.5
|-
|use at the workplace
|60.5
|14.6
|68.2
|34.2
|4.8
|28.5
|
|
|
|7.3
|}
The linguistic situation in Luxembourg is complicated. The "national language" is [[Luxembourgish]], a West Germanic language based on the same German dialect as in the neighbouring part of Germany. Three languages are used by the administration: Luxembourgish, French and German. French is the only language of legislation.<ref>Gilles, Peter, Sebastian Seela, Heinz Sieburg, Melanie Wagner: Sprachen und Identitäten. In: IPSE – Identités Politiques Sociétés Espaces (ed.): Doing Identity in Luxemburg. Subjektive Aneignungen – institutionelle Zuschreibungen – sozio-kulturelle Milieus. transcript: Bielefeld, 2010, pp. 63-104. See here p. 63.</ref>

According to the census of 2011, the residents of Luxembourg answer very differently about their use of language, depending on the context (see table).<ref>Fehlen, Fernand, Andreas Heinz: Die Luxemburger Mehrsprachigkeit. Ergebnisse einer Volkszählung. transcript: Bielefeld, 2016.</ref>