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  2. Brusselian dialect - Wikipedia

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    Brusselian (also known as Brusseleer, Brusselair, Brusseleir, Marols or Marollien) is a Dutch dialect native to Brussels, Belgium.It is essentially a heavily-Francisized Brabantian Dutch dialect [1] [2] that incorporates a sprinkle of Spanish loanwords dating back to the rule of the Low Countries by the Habsburgs (1519–1713).

  3. Languages of Belgium - Wikipedia

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    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 main Dutch dialects spoken in Belgium are Brabantian, West Flemish, East Flemish, and Limburgish.

  4. Francization of Brussels - Wikipedia

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    Bilingual French and Dutch street signs in Brussels Area where the Brabantian dialect is spoken. The Francization of Brussels refers to the evolution, over the past two centuries, [1] [2] of this historically Dutch-speaking city [1] [3] [4] into one where French has become the majority language and lingua franca. [5]

  5. Brussels - Wikipedia

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    Brussels was historically Dutch-speaking, using the Brabantian dialect, [156] [157] [158] but since the 19th century [156] [159] French has become the predominant language of the city. [160] The main cause of this transition was the rapid assimilation of the local Flemish population , [ 161 ] [ 156 ] [ 162 ] [ 163 ] [ 158 ] amplified by ...

  6. Dutch in Belgium - Wikipedia

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    Official languages of Belgium: Dutch (yellow), French (red) and German (blue). Brussels is a bilingual area where both Dutch and French have an official status.. The position of Dutch in Belgium has improved considerably over the past 50 years at the expense of French, which once dominated strongly in political, economic and cultural life.

  7. Marollen - Wikipedia

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    The traditional Brabantian dialect of Brussels (known as Brusselian, and also sometimes referred to as Marols or Marollien) was widely spoken in the Marolles until the 20th century. [2] It still survives among a small minority of inhabitants called Brusseleers [2] (or Brusseleirs), many of them quite bi- and multilingual in French and Dutch. [3 ...

  8. From 'crazy SOB' to 'he wants peace': Trump flips the US's ...

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    Daily newspapers with covers dedicated to the recent phone call of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump are laid out at a newsstand in a street in Moscow, on Feb. 13, 2025.

  9. Brabantian Dutch - Wikipedia

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    Compared to the other dialects and sublanguages of Dutch, Brabantian has historically had a major influence on the development of Dutch. During the Middle Ages, manuscripts from the 10th to 15th centuries show that Limburgish and then West Flemish were the predominant literary languages, but there is no evidence of literary manuscripts farther north.