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The Kingdom of Belgium has three official languages: Dutch, French, and German. A number of non-official, minority languages and dialects are spoken as well. As a result of being in between Latin and Germanic Europe, and historically being split between different principalities, the nation has multiple official languages.
The primary language of the community is German, making this one of the three official languages in Belgium. Traditionally the community and the wider area around it forms an intersection of various local languages and/or dialects, namely Limburgish , Ripuarian and Moselle Franconian varieties.
These countries (with the addition of South Tyrol of Italy) also form the Council for German Orthography and are referred to as the German Sprachraum (German language area). Since 2004, Meetings of German-speaking countries have been held annually with six participants: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and Switzerland: [ 1 ]
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The official languages are French and, only in the nine eastern municipalities that form the German-speaking Community near the German border, German. Dutch however, may be used for administrative purposes in the four municipalities with language facilities at the border with Flanders, and German in two such municipalities near the German ...
Belgium has three official languages: Dutch, French and German. A number of non-official minority languages are spoken as well. [167] As no census exists, there are no official statistical data regarding the distribution or usage of Belgium's three official languages or their dialects. [168]
German language (25 C, 66 P) L. Language policy in Belgium (1 C, 1 P) ... Pages in category "Languages of Belgium" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of ...
[citation needed] German is besides Dutch and French also the third official language in Belgium. The German-speaking Community of Belgium is the smallest of the three political communities in Belgium. Belgium is participating in the annual meeting of German-speaking countries since 2014.