About Luxembourgish Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Luxembourgish is an old language that is used by French people. The total number of native speakers includes 600,000. It is recognized as a minority language in Belgium. This language is from the family of Indo-European and Germanic languages. Even though it is an old language there are a lot of French words and phrases incorporated in it. As a result, almost all the people in Luxembourg speak this language. However, the population of Luxembourg is either bilingual or trilingual. Traditionally Luxembourgish is used orally in the Governments and courts in Germany. It is also used in the most popular newspapers and magazines. Luxembourg features a Moselle-Franconian dialect and is spoken by some people in Germany. The writing system is Latin while the alphabets consist of 26 Latin letters too.
About Shona Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Shona is a Bantu language and is spoken by the Shona people of Zimbabwe. The language was codified by the colonial government and became popular during the 1950s. According to Ethnologue, the language was spoken in the Zezuru, Korekore, and Karanga dialects. It is spoken by 7.5 million people. Shona has Manyika and Ndau dialects and is spoken by 1,025,000 and 2,380,000 people. It is called Shona and is similar to the Ndau (Eastern Shona) and Karanga (Western Shona). Shona is a written standard language and became popular in the early 20th century. In the 1920s, the Rhodesian administration offered schoolbooks and other materials in Shona. The first novel in Shona was published in 1957. It is taught in the schools and has literature in the monolingual and bilingual dictionaries. The Standard Shona has a specific dialect and is spoken by the Karanga people of Masvingo Province. Shona dialects are taught in local schools.