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	Dutch language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The West Germanic dialects can be divided according to tribe (Frisian, Saxon, Franconian, Bavarian and Swabian), and according to the extent of their participation in the High German consonant shift (Low German against High German).
		Flemish is the collective term often used for the Dutch dialects spoken in Belgium.
		An oddity of West Flemish (and to a lesser extent, East Flemish) is that the pronunciation of the "soft g" sound (the voiced velar fricative) is almost identical to that of the "h" sound (the voiced glottal fricative).
	www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Dutch_language (3456 words)

	Dutch language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Flemish is the collective term used for the Dutch dialects spoken in Belgium.
		Flemish should not be confused with West Flemish, which is a separate, although related language also spoken in parts of Flanders and in northern France.
		The Zeeuws of most of Zeeland is closer to Flemish dialects than to standard Dutch, and the similar Zeeuws of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen is not Dutch at all but rather a form of West Flemish.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/d/du/dutch_language.html (2093 words)

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		Flemish is spoken in the north-west of France by an estimated population of 20,000 daily speakers and 40,000 occasional speakers.
		The existence of Flemish in the area is evidence by its use in place names since the eighth century, in ninth-century commentaries and 13th century administrative documents.
		Flemish is spoken in north-western France, in the area between Dunkerque, Bourbourg, Saint-Omer and Bailleul.
	www.uoc.es /euromosaic/web/document/neerlandes/an/i1/i1.html (2936 words)

	West Flemish - FreeEncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		West Flemish (in West Flemish, Vlaemsch) is a Low Franconian dialect spoken in parts of the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.
		It is sometimes called Flemish (in West Flemish, Vlaams), but that term is more often used simply for those dialects of Dutch that are spoken in Belgium.
		West Flemish is spoken by around 1.05 million people in West Flanders (in Belgium), 220,000 in the neighbouring Dutch coastal district of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, and 20,000 in the northern part of the French département of Nord.
	openproxy.ath.cx /we/West_Flemish_language.html (92 words)

	West_Flemish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There is a considerable overlap between West Flemish and some neighbouring Dutch (Flemish) accents and many linguists therefore consider West Flemish a Dutch dialect.
		West Flemish is spoken by around 1.05 million people in West Flanders (in Belgium), 220,000 in the Dutch province of Zeeland (where it is also called Zeeuws) with the exception of the east of the neighbouring coastal district of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, and 20,000 in the northern part of the French département of Nord.
		Euromosaic report on West Flemish and Dutch in France (http://www.uoc.es/euromosaic/web/document/neerlandes/an/i1/i1.html)nl:West-Vlaams
	www.comicscomics.com /search.php?title=West_Flemish (106 words)

	Dutch Language Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is also spoken by most in the Flemish northern half of Belgium, with the exception of Brussels, where it is spoken by a minority of the population, French being the dominant language.
		The Dutch, Flemish and Surinamese governments coordinate their language activities in the Dutch Language Union.
		The standard form of Netherlandic Dutch differs somewhat from Belgium Dutch or Flemish: Flemish favours older words and is also perceived as "softer" in pronunciation and discourse than Netherlandic Dutch, and some Dutch find it quaint.
	www.variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/Dutch_language (3742 words)

	HOLLANDIC FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		After 1585, when during the Eighty_Years_War Antwerp was retaken by the Habsburg authorities, many Brabantic and Flemish calvinist (and other) refugees settled in Holland proper, which had the result of creating a mixture of their Dutch with the Dutch of the residents before this immigration.
		In the north of North_Holland province (especially West Frisia), Scheveningen and other places the original Frisian substrate of the Hollandic dialect is still an important part of the local dialects.
		On the South_Holland province island of Goeree-Overflakkee West_Flemish is spoken.
	www.bellabuds.com /Hollandic (367 words)

	Netherlandic (Dutch, Flemish) (from West Germanic languages) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		a West Germanic language that is the national language of The Netherlands and, with French, one of the two official languages of Belgium.
		Within months of its discovery, Comet West became visible to the naked eye, and for two days in 1976 the comet was the brightest in space.
		West stood out as a social critic with strong religious ties who discussed the importance of class and economic issues in the fl community, both as a professor and as a...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=74777 (893 words)

	Flemish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page.
		Flemish (in Dutch Vlaams, French flamand, German flämisch) can either refer to
		The local dialects of Dutch spoken in this region: see Flemish (linguistics).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flemish (132 words)

	Flemish Sign Language Dictionary
		These variants developed in the Flemish deaf schools and the regions in which they are used more or less correspond with the five Flemish provinces: Antwerp, East-Flanders, Flemish-Brabant, Limburg and West-Flanders.
		However, due to the relatively small number of informants (about 6 per province) and the fact that we are dealing with a random indication of Flemish Sign Language, you have to take into account that it is simply impossible to record all existing signs.
		Flemish Sign Language also has specific signs for these animals, but they are hardly ever used.
	www.signwriting.org /belgium/flemishdict01.html (1369 words)

	Language School Explorer - Dutch_language information.
		Dutch (Nederlands [â—¶]) is a West Germanic, Low German language spoken by around 24 million people, mostly in the Netherlands and Belgium.
		However, while American is considered by some a poorer derivative of English, Flemish and northern Dutch are historically equal.
		An oddity of West Flemish (and to a lesser extent, East Flemish) is that the pronunciation of the "soft g" sound (the voiced velar fricative) is almost identical to that of the "h" sound (the voiced glottal fricative), thus, the words held (hero) and geld (money) sound nearly the same.
	www.school-explorer.com /Dutch (3920 words)

	Breeds of Livestock - Belgian Red Cattle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is a dual-purpose breed, producing both meat and milk, and is similar to the Flemish Shorthorn.
		During World War I the pastures of West Flanders were turned into battlefields which practically eradicated the cattle population.
		After the war the breeders cooperated to form a new breed which was called the West Flemish.
	www.ansi.okstate.edu /breeds/cattle/belgianred (180 words)

	Great Big Bunnies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		We would like to congratulate Cindy and Marie on their choice of our Flemish fl and sandy babies and we also would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to the staff of the Rogue Valley Rabbit Club in Grants Pass, Ore. for their hospitality and good humor when the Flemish crashed their show in September.
		Flemish Giant rabbits are the largest breed of domesticated rabbit, running around 14-20 lbs.
		Flemish have a calm, friendly disposition which is a real plus when working with rabbits this size.
	www.greatbigbunnies.com (428 words)

	► » flemish>english translation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		From a linguist's point of view, Flemish is nonetheless nothing but a
		Flemish is, regrettably, commonly used in the English speaking world to
		Flemish is nonetheless nothing but a collective term for the dialects
	www.science-chat.org /detail-515908.html (661 words)

	Learn more about Netherlands in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		All provinces are divided into municipalities (gemeenten), together 489 (from 2004: 483); see Municipalities in the Netherlands, and also Cities of the Netherlands.
		In addition to Dutch and Frisian, several dialects of Low Saxon are spoken in much of the north; they have no official recognition.
		At the national borders in the south, the Dutch language shifts into other varieties of Low Franconian speech, which may or may not be best classified as Dutch, most notably West Flemish.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /n/ne/netherlands.html (1391 words)

	Restarting thread: Andre from South Africa presents: "The Afri... (page 30) \| Antimoon Forum
		I think the major problem is that the people who speak WF is so integrated with those who speak Dutch that it's easiest to call it a dialect, while we Afrikaans speaking people are at the other side of the 'aardbol'.
		I think the question of West Flemish being a dialect or language is more complex than just whether in is a language linguistically, the issue is broader than that.
		I believe that if West Flemish start to be used by more people in those districts like Belgium etc it could very well be declared as a language at a later stage.
	www.antimoon.com /forum/posts/7059-30.htm (497 words)

	Phrasebase™ - What's the difference? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I can't understand a word of the hardcore west Flemish dialect, I have a teacher who does (he's from Belgium) and he calls himself a bilingual because of it.
		This hypothesis implies that all Flemish share a lot of characteristics in their speech, which are not shared with the Dutch.
		Whether there would be a 'standard Flemish' instead of the Standard Dutch there is now, Flemish speakers would ALWAYS have to adapt to a norm that is different from how they speak at home.
	www.phrasebase.com /forum/read.php?TID=3121#38410 (3113 words)

	West Coast Flemish Giants
		With the recent action of the NFFGRB membership, the National Flemish Show is a double sweepstake point event.
		In May 2002 I was honored by being selected to represent the new West Coast Flemish Giant as a director.
		This compares to 11 Flemish with 2 exhibitors at the same show the previous year.
	www.nffgrb.com /WCFG/wcfgnewsletter2.htm (1707 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Encyclopedia : W : WE : WES : West Flemish
		There is a considerable overlap between West Flemish and some neighbouring Dutch (Flemish) accents.
		West Flemish is spoken by around 1.05 million people in West Flanders (in Belgium), 220,000 in the neighbouring Dutch coastal district of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen (where it is also called Zeeuws), and 20,000 in the northern part of the French département of Nord.
	www.hostingciamca.com /index.php?title=West_Flemish (112 words)

	Dutch - Language Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		a West Germanic language spoken worldwide by around 22 million people (in the Netherlands, the northern half of Belgium (Flanders), Belgium's capital Brussels, the northernmost part of France, the Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, Suriname and amongst certain groups in Indonesia.
		The variety of Dutch spoken in Belgium is informally called Flemish (Vlaams).
		Many people in the west of the Netherlands refer to their language as Hollands.
	www.geocities.com /language_directory/languages/dutch.htm (656 words)

	Ethnologue 14 report for language code:VLA
		Population total all countries 1,300,000 (1998 University of Ghent) including 220,000 in Zeeuws, 1,100,000 in West Vlaams and Frans Vlaams.
		Large parts of the Province of West Flanders.
		Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Franconian.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=VLA (251 words)

	West Coast Flemish Giants
		Welcome to the WCFG Website, a regional club dedicated to the Flemish Giant rabbit breeders of western North America.
		The club has grown rapidly in the past year and now has over 40 members Check the links to the left for more information on this great organization.
		Member Announcement: The Club is planning a "Gathering" of Flemish at the Monterey Rabbit Show on July 30, 2005, in Monterey, at the Fairgrounds.
	www.nffgrb.com /wcfg.htm (161 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Culture Shock! Belgium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Belgian coast is responsible for the greatest income of the country, and the Flemish workers (in 't zwart) are some of the most industrious people around.
		It is very apparent that the author's influence was dominated by his Brussels wife.
		Even some of the flemish words are not pronounced correctly or spelled right because of this inland influence (i.e.:ballekes, which is a typical non-West-Flemish word.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1558686061 (800 words)

	DUTCH LANGUAGE FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Dutch ('''') is a West Germanic, Low German language spoken by around 24 million people, mostly in the Netherlands and Belgium.
		West_Flemish in particular has sometimes been considered as such.
		Flemish - English Dictionary : from Webster's Online Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.
	velocipay.com /Dutch_language (3800 words)

	Belgium - Languages and dialects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As a result of the Flemish action to preserve the Dutch linguistic area and the Walloon politics against bilinguism in Wallonia,the Belgian territory has administratively been split up in four language area's (Dutch in the North, French in the South, German in the extreme East, both French and Dutch in Brussels)
		Flemish in France around 1900, as to Marie-Thérèse le Boucq de Ternas
		Map of the Flemish regions as defined for the WVD dictionnary of the Flemish dialects)
	home-13.tiscali-business.nl /~tpm09245/lang/langbel.htm (714 words)

	GeoNative - Bisitarien iritziak - Your comments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The problem is that the information was taken from the Abbe Gantois's books written around the Second World War who had a tendency to annex a region in which Flemish/Dutch had never been spoken.
		You have covered most of West Frisia (officially part of the Netherlands) and North Frisia, but you say nothing about Seelterlound/Sealterlân/Saterland, a Frisian speaking area on the German administrative territory.
		Whale Cove is found on the west coast of Hudson Bay, in the "Kivalliq" region of Nunavut.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/9479/bisita.html (6382 words)

	Find in a Library: Theory and description in generative syntax : a case study in West Flemish
		Theory and description in generative syntax : a case study in West Flemish
		Subjects: Dutch language -- Dialects -- Belgium -- West Flanders.
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	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/3f596a943e04c645a19afeb4da09e526.html (82 words)

	West Flanders -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Flemish West-Vlaanderen, French Flandre Occidentale the westernmost province of Belgium.
		It extends inland from the North Sea coast and is bounded by France on the west and south and by Hainaut, East Flanders, and The Netherlands on the east.
		"West Flanders." Encyclopædia Britannica from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9076607?tocId=9076607&query=yser (122 words)

	Isaiah West Taber ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		Isaiah West Taber, An Interior in Cairo Village, 1894
		Isaiah West Taber, Lake in Hawaiian Village, 1894
		Isaiah West Taber, The Greeley Arctic Expedition, 1894
	wwar.com /masters/t/taber-isaiah_west.html (236 words)

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