Jérôme Lulling
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Jérôme Lulling is a linguist from Luxembourg who has been a leading figure in preservation and educational efforts relating to the Luxembourgish language, a Germanic language that became one of Luxembourg’s three official languages in 1984 and is spoken by approximately 600,000 people worldwide.[1][2]
Lulling’s initial contributions to enhancing the language took place between 2000 and 2002, when he compiled the language’s first computer spellchecker as part of his Ph.D. dissertation at the . The spellchecker, which consisted of 125,000 words, was known as Projet C.ORT.IN.A.[3][4]
Lulling, working in partnership with fellow linguists François Schanen and Manfred Peters, compiled and edited the first Luxembourgish-French dictionary, Dictionnaire Bilingue Français-Luxembourgeois, which was published in 2005. The text consisted of 48,000 translated words and phrases.[5] Lulling is also the co-author of Luxdico, the Luxembourgish online dictionary. [6]
Lulling has also co-authored two academic papers relating to Luxembourgish: Eng Kleng Hëllef fir Lëtzebuergesch ze schreiwen (2001).[7] and Introduction à l’orthographe luxembourgeoise.[8]
In 2011 Lulling published a DVD to learn Luxembourgish called 'LuxDVD - learning luxembourgish with videos'.[9]
References[]
- ^ University of Luxembourg (2009). "Le nombre de locuteurs du luxembourgeois revu à la hausse" (PDF).
- ^ "Miralem Pjanic is fluent in 6 foreign languages: Here's how it's possible". Tribuna.com. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ^ Projet CORTINA: Spellchecker fir d'Lëtzebuergescht - Lulling Jérôme Actes du Cycles de conférences Lëtzebuergesch Quo Vadis 2004 (61-78)
- ^ "Ausarbeitung einer luxemburgischen Wörterliste für einen Spellchecker: Projekt CORTINA: Lulling Jérôme in Eurogermanistik Band 20 (2003)". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
- ^ Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix
- ^ August 2, 2003, interview with RTL.lu Radio-Télé Lëtzebuerg (interview in Luxembourgish)
- ^ Eng Kleng Hëllef fir Lëtzebuergesch ze schreiwen[permanent dead link]
- ^ Introduction à l’orthographe luxembourgeoise Archived 2007-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ LuxDVD
External links[]
- www.JeromeLulling.lu official homepage
- Luxdico.com online translation dictionary French - luxembourgish (Lulling/Schanen) (2003- )
- www.Bonjour.lu videoclips to learn luxembourgish with Astrid and Jérôme Lulling
- Living people
- Linguists from Luxembourg