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Alex from the Zenter fir d’Lëtzebuerger Sprooch (ZLS) (Centre for the Luxembourgish Language) came on the Breakfast Show to talk about his exhibit D'Lëtzebuerger Sprooch(en). The exhibition has been on tour and is currently at the Luxembourg City museum. D'Lëtzebuerger Sprooch(en) translates to The Luxembourgish Language(s), this exhibit encompasses the multilingual society of Luxembourg whilst telling the history of the Luxembourgish language. Technology is to be credited with formalising Luxembourgish. As recent as 50 years ago, Luxembourgish was almost only spoken with no official spelling or grammar rules. This began to change after 1984 when the language was officially recognised as more than a dialect. Now, since 2017 the ZLS has been helping promote and create rules for the language. Alex thinks that technology, particularly the invention of texting and SMS is what made people start to write the language down and created a demand for these rules. Find out more at the exhibit which is open from 5