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It is one of the three national and state languages of Belgium, together with French and German, and is the only official language of the Flemish Region. The various Dutch dialects spoken in Belgium contain a number of lexical and grammatical features that distinguish them from the standard Dutch.
Dutch is the most spoken primary language of Belgium and the official language of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Region (merged to Flanders). Along with French, it is an official language of the Brussels-Capital Region .
The word Flemish can refer to the language spoken in the former County of Flanders, specifically West Flemish, but has come to mean all the varieties of Dutch spoken in Belgium. There are four main dialects of Flemish: Brabantian (Braobans)
Flemings speak Dutch (specifically its southern variant, which is often colloquially called 'Flemish'). It is the majority language in Belgium, being spoken natively by three-fifths of the population.
In recent years, more and more people on both sides of the border and beyond are treating the Dutch of Flanders, called Flemish or Vlaams, as a language separate from the Dutch of the Netherlands. This is somewhat understandable : even for native speakers from Holland Flemish can be impenetrable.
Flemish, Flemish Dutch, or Belgian Dutch are terms used to refer to a dialect of the Dutch language that is spoken in the northern provinces of Belgium known as Flanders. These regions include West Flanders, East Flanders, Flemish Brabant, Antwerp, and Limburg, and historically of Brussels .
Flemish is the name for the Dutch language spoken in Flanders. And although the countries are quite similar, there are differences. For example, the history and the dominant religion are different in both countries. This means that also the language developed in a different way.
Flemish is a Dutch language dialect spoken in parts of Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. Learn more about the Flemish languages and the areas where it is spoken.
Dutch is the official language of the Netherlands and is spoken by the majority of its population. Flemish, on the other hand, is a variant of Dutch spoken in the northern region of Belgium known as Flanders.
Instead, Flemish should be considered as something between Dutch and its dialects. That is exactly why the Dutch and Belgians refer to Flemish as tussentaal, which literally means the ‘in-between-language’.