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The Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg is characterised by its cosmopolitan and multilingual population. Considering that 43% of Luxembourg’s inhabitants are foreign nationals and that some additional 150.000 commuters cross the border on a daily basis, this is particularly true in the working environment. According to a survey on the use of working languages in Luxembourg, for 55,8% of companies French is the main working language.
Luxembourgish ranks second with 20,0%, followed by English with 17,7% and German with 4,9%. Thus, English is the primary means of communication, correspondence and conversation in one out of five companies in Luxembourg. Another important outcome of the survey is that many companies regularly use one or more secondary working languages. Up to 70,6%...
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