No fewer than 390,000 people speak Luxembourgish in the world according to the Atlas of endangered languages published yesterday by Unesco. This is 90,000 more than originally estimated by the organisation.

Unesco has quietly updated its review. A year ago, in the Atlas of endangered languages in the world, it had only 300,000 Luxembourgish speakers. A figure that has just revised upwards. The organisation now states that 390,000 people speak Luxembourgish. An estimate is almost equivalent to the figures advanced by the Department of Linguistics and Literature Luxembourg.

For UNESCO, the Luxembourg language remains a "vulnerable". Nothing very alarming. It simply means that for the moment the language is not in danger, but if no effort is made to continue to promote the Luxembourg may well begin to subside.

Luxembourg Sociologist, Fernand Fehlen is not at all worried. According to him, through sms and internet, Luxembourgish is seeing a complete rejuvenation.