Flemish dialects

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)
Official languages of Belgium:   Dutch,   French, and   German. Brussels is a bilingual area where both Dutch and French have an official status.

Flemish (Vlaams)[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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