`, 25 June 2015 (UTC) ::::::THey are not ``distinct languages`` in a strict sense. However, it is an issue that researchers have trouble agreeing on (partly due to its cultural/national implications; compare Moldavian/Romanian!). The exact trnasition from a standardized dialect to a different language is very blurry, and may also change over time. I do fully agree with you, Luxemburgish, and any other German subvariety, whether there is an accepted, standardized written form of it or not, are not Standard German. Of course not. But German language IS the article on the Dachsprache you mentioned, so subvarieties should definitely be included in the statistics mention in it.   09:28`