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French Flemish (Fransch vlaemsch, Standard Dutch: Frans-Vlaams, French: flamand français) is a West Flemish dialect spoken in the north of contemporary France.. Place names attest to Flemish having been spoken since the 8th century in the part of Flanders that was ceded to France at the 1659 Treaty of the Pyrenees, and which hence became known as French Flanders.
The term Flemish itself has become ambiguous. Nowadays, it is used in at least five ways, depending on the context. These include: An indication of Dutch written and spoken in Flanders including the Dutch standard language as well as the non-standardized dialects, including intermediate forms between vernacular dialects and the standard.
Of the inhabitants of Belgium, roughly 59% belong to the Flemish Community, 40% to the French Community, and 1% to the German-speaking Community [citation needed]. These figures relating to official Belgian languages overlook substantial numbers of immigrants and their children, who may speak a foreign language as primary language, as well as ...
The various toponyms in the historical region of Lorraine are often known by very different names depending on the language in which they are expressed. This article provides an understanding of the linguistic and historical origin of this diversity and lists a number of correspondences for communes and lesser localities in the four departments of the former region: Meuse, Meurthe-et-Moselle ...
French is an administrative language and is commonly but unofficially used in the Maghreb states, Mauritania, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.As of 2023, an estimated 350 million African people spread across 34 African countries can speak French either as a first or second language, mostly as a secondary language, making Africa the continent with the most French speakers in the world. [2]
Gudbrandsdal dialect (Gudbrandsdalen, Oppland and Upper Folldal, Hedmark) Hallingdal-Valdres dialects (Hallingdal, Valdres) Hallingdal dialect Valdris dialect (Valdres district) Telemark-Numedal dialects (Telemark and Numedal) Bø dialect other dialects; Old Faroese † Middle Faroese † Modern Faroese; Norn † Caithness Norn † Orkney Norn †
In addition to French, several regional languages are also spoken to varying degrees, such as Alsatian, a German dialect (specifically Alemannic; spoken by 1.44% of the national population); Basque, a language isolate; Breton, a Celtic language (spoken by 0.61%); Corsican, an Italo-Dalmatian language; and various other Gallo-Romance languages ...
French German Communities: 3 Flemish Community French Community German-speaking Com. Regions: 3 Flemish Region Brussels Capital Region Walloon Region: Provinces: 10 West Flanders East Flanders Antwerp Limburg Flemish Brabant: None Walloon Brabant Hainaut Luxembourg Namur Liège/Lüttich Arrondissements: 43 8: 6: 3: 3: 2 1: 1: 7: 5: 3: 4 ...