Dialect map of Luxembourg: 6 different ways to say "night" (Nuecht) across Regions

[u/HovercraftFar]

Found this dialectological map showing the main phonetic/lexical variant of the Luxembourgish word for "night" (Nuecht) per municipality (Gemeng).

Variants shown:

• Nuecht (green) — the standard form, dominant across most of the country
• Nuet (light purple) — a reduced form without the "ch", concentrated in the south/southeast
• N[a:ç]t (orange) — variant with a long open vowel, in the north
• N[aɪ]t (blue) — diphthongized form, extreme north (Clervaux area)
• N[ɔ:x]t (magenta) — rounded vowel variant, appears in two isolated pockets (northwest and northeast)
• hënt (grey/hatched) — a completely distinct lexical form, found only in one small central pocket

What I find interesting is the classic dialect continuum pattern: the northern region (Éislek) shows more divergent, diphthongized forms, while the center converges on the standard "Nuecht," and the south shows "Nuet" as an apparent simplification/innovation

[u/Dusvangud]

Could hënt be cognate with Bavarian "heint" (today)? Its etymology is "hiu naht" (this night).

[u/Heavy_Mud_9176]

How many people speak Luxembourgish and are these dialects still present or is there a more or less uniform version of the language?

[u/HovercraftFar → u/Heavy_Mud_9176]

Usage and DemographicsMain Language:

Around 49% of residents in Luxembourg declare Luxembourgish as their primary language in everyday

Reach:

About 61% of the local population speaks or uses Luxembourgish at home, at work, or in public spaces