Lorrain is spoken by an estimated 20,000 people in the south of the province of Luxembourg and Champenois is spoken in a few villages in the west of the provinces of Namur and Luxembourg. In 1990 a decree concerning the protection and promotion of these regional languages and granting them co-officiality was passed by the Council of the French Community. Following the adoption of the decree, a Council of Regional Languages was created to function as a consultative body in all matters relating to these languages. The aim of the decree is to develop the presence of the regional languages in the education system. There are also a number of local radio and television stations doing the same.
Some articles appear in the French-language press in the regional languages.
Several local associations publish periodicals dealing with the literature and linguistic make-up of these languages.