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Originally Posted by ArcheM
A curious factoid I learned today is that in Luxembourg people generally speak the Luxembourgish language (related to German). But they write their laws in French, and print their media in German! On top of that, children start speaking Luxembourgish at home, then are taught in German in the elementary school, and transition to French in the secondary... At least that's how I understood the Wikipedia article, don't quote me on that.
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That seems a little confusing, so they basically learn 3 languages? I think the most confusing would be speaking one language in elementary school, and then switching languages in secondary school. Very interesting stuff to say the least.