Sorting it all Out Michael Kaplan's random stuff of dubious value Be sure to read the disclaimer here first!
Well even if they have to go across the border to find people who grow beets, they do have LIPs now.... :-)
Previous posts in the series:
And now you can add Luxembourgish to the list of Language Interface Packs!
A bit about Luxembourgish....
Number of speakers: ~300,000 Name in the language itself: Lëtzebuergisch Luxembourgish is spoken in the small Western European country of Luxembourg where it is official language since 1984 (together with French and German). Though so closely related to German (see "Classification") that German speakers should have no major problems understanding Luxembourgish, the differences between the two languages in terms of grammar are considerable. Luxembourgish has also borrowed many words from French (from merci for thank you to Prabbeli from parapluie for umbrella). Interesting facts: Though Luxembourg is founding member of the European Union, Luxembourgish is not an official language of the EU. In Luxembourg itself laws are not published in Luxembourgish either. Classification:Strictly linguistically spoken, Luxembourgish is a West Central German dialect - but due to its standing it can be considered a language on its own (As the saying goes, "A language is a dialect with an army"). Luxembourgish as a Germanic language belongs to the family of Indo-European languages. Script:Luxembourgish is written in Latin script. There are four special characters: é, ä, ë and ü.
Number of speakers: ~300,000
Name in the language itself: Lëtzebuergisch
Luxembourgish is spoken in the small Western European country of Luxembourg where it is official language since 1984 (together with French and German). Though so closely related to German (see "Classification") that German speakers should have no major problems understanding Luxembourgish, the differences between the two languages in terms of grammar are considerable. Luxembourgish has also borrowed many words from French (from merci for thank you to Prabbeli from parapluie for umbrella).
Interesting facts: Though Luxembourg is founding member of the European Union, Luxembourgish is not an official language of the EU. In Luxembourg itself laws are not published in Luxembourgish either.
Classification:Strictly linguistically spoken, Luxembourgish is a West Central German dialect - but due to its standing it can be considered a language on its own (As the saying goes, "A language is a dialect with an army"). Luxembourgish as a Germanic language belongs to the family of Indo-European languages.
Script:Luxembourgish is written in Latin script. There are four special characters: é, ä, ë and ü.
Enjoy! :-)
This post brought to you by é (U+00e9, a.k.a. LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE)
Ah yes, it has happened again. As we all knew, it could not end with اردو , Inuktitut , മലയാളം , Qhichwa
I am wracking my brains over here in SIAO Plaza. It was easy enough to come up with interesting titles
Many people have been curious. I mean, there have been XP Language Interface Packs released for Mapudungun
Language Interface Packs are not something that Microsoft has been charging people money for. So you
That list, you know? The one with all of the XP Language Interface Packs? Mapudungun , اردو , Inuktitut
I have talked a lot about Language Interface Packs for Windows XP here in this blog. And now after having