Flemish dialects

"Vlaams" redirects here. For the language named "Vlaams" in the ISO standard, see West Flemish.
Flemish
Vlaams
Vlaams
Native toBelgium, Netherlands, France
RegionBelgian Flanders, Zeelandic Flanders, French Flanders
EthnicityFlemings
Native speakers
6.5 million (2016)[1]
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-1nl for Dutch
ISO 639-2dut (B) for Dutch
nld (T)
ISO 639-3nld – inclusive code for Dutch
Individual codes:
vls – West Flemish
zea – Zeelandic
lim – Limburgish
Glottologdutc1256  Dutch
IETFnl-BE
PersonFleming (Vlaming)
PeopleFlemings (Vlamingen)
LanguageFlemish (Vlaams),
VGT (Vlaamse Gebarentaal)
CountryFlanders (Vlaanderen)
State official languages of Belgium:   Dutch,   French, and   German. Brussels is a bilingual area where both Dutch and French have an official status.

Flemish (Vlaams [vlaːms] ⓘ)[2][3][4] is a Low Franconian dialect cluster of the Dutch language. It is sometimes referred to as Flemish Dutch (Vlaams-Nederlands), Belgian Dutch (Belgisch-Nederlands [ˈbɛlɣis ˈneːdərlɑnts] ⓘ), or Southern Dutch (Zuid-Nederlands). Flemish is native to the region known as Flanders in northern Belgium; it is spoken by Flemings, the dominant ethnic group of the region.[5][6][7][8] Outside of Belgium Flanders, it is also spoken to some extent in French Flanders and the Dutch Zeelandic Flanders.[1][9][10]

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  2. ^ "Flemish, Vlaams". BBC. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  3. ^ De Cock, Barbara (2006), Flemish language policy in an era of globalisation (PDF), Gencat.cat, retrieved 3 May 2017
  4. ^ "Flemish language, alphabet and pronunciation". Omniglot. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  5. ^ Lichfield, John (18 December 2007). "Belgium: A nation divided". The Independent. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  6. ^ Leidraad van de Taaltelefoon Archived 2013-10-21 at the Wayback Machine. Dienst Taaladvies van de Vlaamse Overheid (Department for Language advice of the Flemish government).
  7. ^ Harbert, Wayne (2007). The Germanic Languages. Cambridge University Press.
  8. ^ Kooij, Jan (2009). "Dutch". In Comrie, Bernard (ed.). The World's Major Languages (2nd ed.). Routledge.
  9. ^ Casert, Raf (20 February 2005). "Belgium Bickering Over French and Dutch, Its Dual Languages". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  10. ^ "About Belgium – Language Matters". Beer Tourism. Retrieved 26 November 2016.


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