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Luxembourgish belongs to the West-Germanic branch of Indo-European languages. Linguists classify it as a West Middle German dialect called "Moselle Franconian." It developed in the region of Trier and Koblenz, originating with the Salian Franks (North Sea Franks) and the Ripuarian Franks (Rhenish Franks), who settled in this region beginning in the third century AD. Subsequently, Luxembourgish evolved further as a result of a linguistic symbiosis between these West Franks and the Romans living in northern Gaul after the Frankish conquest.
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