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Flemish ( Vlaams ), VGT ( Vlaamse Gebarentaal) Country. Flanders ( Vlaanderen) Flemish people or Flemings ( Dutch: Vlamingen [ˈvlaːmɪŋə (n)] ⓘ) are a Germanic ethnic group native to Flanders, Belgium, who speak Flemish Dutch. Flemish people make up the majority of Belgians, at about 60%.
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 ...
The Flemish Region ( Dutch: Vlaams Gewest, pronounced [ˌvlaːms xəˈʋɛst] ⓘ ), [ 5 ][ a ] usually simply referred to as Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen [ˈvlaːndərə (n)] ⓘ ), [ b ] is one of the three regions of Belgium —alongside the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region. [ 6 ] Covering the northern portion of the country ...
Flemish may refer to: Flemish, adjective for Flanders, Belgium. Flemish dialects, a Dutch dialect cluster spoken in Flanders. Flemish people or Flemings, inhabitants of Flanders.
West Flemish is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. West Flemish ( West-Vlams or West-Vloams or Vlaemsch (in French Flanders ), Dutch: West-Vlaams, French: flamand occidental) is a collection of Low Franconian varieties spoken in western Belgium and the neighbouring areas of France and the Netherlands.
The Flemish Community[ a] is one of the three institutional communities of Belgium, established by the Belgian constitution and having legal responsibilities only within the precise geographical boundaries of the Dutch-language area and of the bilingual area of Brussels-Capital. Unlike in the French Community of Belgium, [ 3] the competences of ...
The Flemish Government ( Dutch: Vlaamse regering [ˌvlaːmsə rəˈɣeːrɪŋ] ⓘ) is the executive branch of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Region of Belgium. It consists of a government cabinet, headed by the Minister-President and accountable to the Flemish Parliament, and the public administration (civil service) divided into 13 ...
Dutch is the mother tongue of about 60% of the population in Belgium, spoken by approximately 6.5 million out of a population of 11 million people. [1] [2] [3] It is the only official language in Flanders, that is to say the provinces of Antwerp, Flemish Brabant, Limburg, East Flanders and West Flanders. Alongside French, it is also an official ...