Flemish

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] (listen)), or Southern Dutch (Zuid-Nederlands). Flemish is native to Flanders, a historical region in northern Belgium; it is spoken by Flemings, the dominant ethnic group of the region.[5][6][7][8] Outside of Flanders, it is also spoken to some extent in French Flanders and the Dutch Zeelandic Flanders.[1][9][10]

Flemish
Vlaams
Vlaams
Native to	Belgium, Netherlands, France
Region	Flanders, Zeelandic Flanders, French Flanders
Ethnicity	Flemings
Native speakers	6.5 million (2016)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Istvaeonic Low Franconian Dutch Flemish
Dialects	West Flemish East Flemish Brabantian[lower-alpha 1] Limburgish[lower-alpha 2]
Language codes
ISO 639-1	`nl`
ISO 639-2	`dut (B)` `nld (T)`
ISO 639-3	`nld` Dutch
Glottolog	`dutc1256` Dutch

Official languages of Belgium: Dutch, French, and German. Brussels is a bilingual area where both Dutch and French have an official status.

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