Should I learn Luxembourgish?

The million dollar (euro) question if you live in Luxembourg. Perhaps you just arrived and you're not sure what to do, or perhaps you've now been here 2-3 years and wish you had started earlier because you think you may be staying a long time or indefinitely. While I can't look into my crystal ball and tell you what will be the right decision for you, I can do my best to share my own experiences as well as those around me to lead you to finding the right decision for you.  "I've just arrived in Luxembourg and I'm not sure if I should learn French or Luxembourgish?"If you've just arrived and you speak neither French nor Luxembourgish, the most logical language to learn would be French. First of all, you don't know how long you will stay in Luxembourg, but French is useful in several countries and more widely used. Second of all, if you are coming for work, it is likely that your company operates in English/French. French is after all, the official working language in Luxembourg. As for trailing spouses? I would suggest start with French, see how you get along, a lot of admin in this country is done in French. It will help if you can speak and understand it, especially when sorting out your CNS or creche/school for your kids. "I speak French already do I need Luxembourgish?"If you are only here for a few years, for work, I would say not really. But increasingly, there are plenty of people who (including myself) have seen the benefits of learning Luxembourgish. "Why? Everyone speaks French" you say. Put it this way, most frontaliers speak French and it's certainly useful when you go to a restaurant to be able to order in French and at the check out at the supermarket. But if you want to really integrate yourself and connect with the locals and impress the Luxembourgish people who live here, you must make an effort to speak their language. While Luxembourgers are very proud to have over 50% of their population as expats, we must also acknowledge their frustration of not being able to speak their own language in their daily lives.  So even if you can have basic conversation (A1-A2) with them, they'll be so grateful and you will see how many doors it can open for you!"I'm British and Brexit is looming, should I quickly learn Luxembourgish and get the nationality?" First of all, there's no shortcut with languages. Nor should you want to take one, because if you're going to learn the language, you may as well learn it properly so that it can be of use to you, beyond the language test. The test itself is divided into the Oral, Listening and Writing, there is also a requirement to attend a 24-hour course "Vivre ensemble au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg". If you fail either of the tests you have to wait 30 days to take the test again so do prepare efficiently before attempting it."Ok, you've convinced me. Where do I start?" If you'd like to start lessons and seriously would like to take the nationality test and speak at an advanced level, I highly recommend that you sign up to a language school, my suggested one would be                        because of their success rate and raving reviews.As well as taking language lessons and courses, you may also want to consider:

• Listening to Luxembourgish radio: 100,7 and RTL.lu are the mainstream ones to consider
• Speaking Luxembourgish to neighbours or at the check-out counters. At some supermarkets there is a flag to show you which members of staff speak Lux, take advantage of this and try and approach a check out who speaks Luxembourgish to practice.
• I've noticed that 9/10 the staff at the post office, doctors office or some petrol stations speak Luxembourgish, this is a great way to practice and to also test out my theory that Luxembourgish opens doors and puts smiles on people's faces!
• Use a free Luxembourgish dictionary app like Wierderbuch to help you as you learn. Hear or see a word you don't recognise? Just look for it on the app and you'll know the word for next time.