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	Dutch language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		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.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Dutch_language (3456 words)

	Flemish (linguistics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An official standard Flemish language as such does not exist: there are however variants of the Dutch language spoken in Belgium; and these are, mainly for political reasons, sometimes referred to as "Flemish".
		Belgians speak Dutch (at least the Flemish part; Walloons do not generally speak Dutch) with a softer accent, not using an unvoiced g, v or z at the beginning of a word as a growing majority in the north of The Netherlands does.
		Finally there are among these Belgian Dutch dialects also real Flemish dialects in the linguistic sense, that are spoken in the old county of Flanders (about a third of the Dutch-speaking region in Belgium), among which the most deviant is West Flemish, which is also spoken in the Zeeland province of The Netherlands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flemish_language (438 words)

	West Flemish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		West Flemish (in West Flemish, Vlaemsch) is a group of dialects, spoken in parts of the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.
		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), 90.000 in the neighbouring Dutch coastal district of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, and 20,000 in the northern part of the French département of Nord where it is classified as one of the Languages of France.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Flemish_language (185 words)

	Dutch Language [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east by Poland, and the Czech Republic, to the south by Austria and Switzerland, and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands....
		The Flemish dialects spoken in the north of France, west of Belgium and south-west of the Netherlands: West Flemish.
		An oddity of West Flemish (and to a lesser extent, East Flemish) is that the pronunciation of the "soft g" sound (the voiced velar fricativeThe voiced velar fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.
	www.wikimirror.com /Dutch_language (9190 words)

	Dutch language - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Even in some places, German and Dutch are spoken almost interchangeably: before mass education began to influence spoken language, on the level of dialects the state border was not a language border - there was a dialect continuum.
		Limburgs (Limburg) and Brabants (Brabant) are quite similar to the dialects spoken in the adjoining provinces of Belgium.
		The most important dictionary of the modern Dutch language is the Van Dale groot woordenboek der Nederlandse taalhttp://www.vandale.nl, more commonly referred to as the Dikke van Dale ("dik" is Dutch for "fat" or "thick"), or as linguists nicknamed it: De Vandaal (the vandal).
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /dutch_language.htm (3198 words)

	Flemish language on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages).
		Generally regarded as the Belgian variant of Dutch (see Dutch language) rather than as a separate tongue, Flemish is spoken by approximately 5.5 million people in Belgium, where it is one of the official languages, and by a few thousand persons in France.
		So closely are Flemish and Dutch related that the difference between them has been compared to the difference between American and British English; however, some scholars hold that they have diverged sufficiently since the 16th cent.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/F/FlemishL1an.asp (304 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)

	wiki/West Flemish Definition / wiki/West Flemish Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		West Flemish (in West Flemish, Vlaemsch) is a group of dialects, spoken in parts of the NetherlandsThe Netherlands (Dutch Nederland) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch Koninkrijk der Nederlanden), a parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarch.
		West Flemish is spoken by around 1.05 million people in West FlandersWest Flanders (Dutch: West-Vlaanderen) is the westernmost province of Flanders and of Belgium.
		Flemish dialectsThe Flemish dialects are the regional dialects of Dutch that are spoken in Flanders (Belgium).
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/West_Flemish (431 words)

	West Flemish biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		West Flemish (in West Flemish, Vlaemsch) is a Low Franconian language or rather, a group of dialects, spoken in parts of the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.
		It is sometimes called Flemish, 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 (where it is also called Zeeuws), and 20,000 in the northern part of the French département of Nord.
	west-flemish.biography.ms (113 words)

	Language School Explorer - Dutch_language information.
		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.
		Algemeen Nederlands ('general Dutch', abbreviated to AN) is the standard language as taught in schools and used by authorities in the Netherlands, Flanders, Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles.
		The most important dictionary of the modern Dutch language is the Van Dale groot woordenboek der Nederlandse taal[1], more commonly referred to as the Dikke van Dale ("dik" is Dutch for "fat" or "thick"), or as linguists nicknamed it: De Vandaal (the vandal).
	www.school-explorer.com /Dutch (3557 words)

	Freer Family Genealogy Research - History of Flemish
		Flanders (French Flandre; Flemish Vlaanderen), historic principality of northern Europe that is now an extensive region embracing the provinces of East and West Flanders in Belgium, the southern portion of Zeeland Province in the Nethe rlands, and Nord Department in France.
		In 1815 the Congress of Vienna united Flanders with Be lgium and Holland to form the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
		Flemish Language, language of historic Flanders (comprising what is now the northern part of Belgium and part of the Netherlands and France), and one of the official languages of modern Belgium, spoken by about 55 percent of the populace.
	home.cc.umanitoba.ca /~sfreer/flemish.html (839 words)

	Nord-Pas de Calais - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The region was re-annexed to France in the 17th century, though not without considerable opposition on the part of the (mostly Flemish) population.
		While the region is predominately French-speaking, it also has two significant minority language communities: the western Flemings, whose presence is evident in the many Flemish placenames in the area and who speak the West Flemish language, and the Picards, who speak the Picard language.
		In addition, the region's ethnic diversity has been affected by repeated waves of immigrant workers from abroad - Belgians before 1910, Poles and Italians in the 1920s and 1930s, and North Africans since 1945.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nord-Pas-de-Calais (766 words)

	West Flemish : West Flemish language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		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.
	www.termsdefined.net /we/west-flemish-language.html (129 words)

	BBC Education - Languages
		Flemish is a West Germanic language most closely related to Dutch and generally regarded as the Belgian variant of Dutch.
		Flemish is spoken by approximately 5.5 million people in Belgium and by a few thousand people in France.
		Flemish is spoken by about 55% of the population of Belgium.
	www.bbc.co.uk /languages/european_languages/languages/flemish.shtml (121 words)

	Flemish Translation - Translate Flemish Language Translator
		Since the Flemish parliamentary assembly, the Vlaams Parlement, united its regional and community institutions immediately after they were established by the Belgian legislator, the word 'Flanders' refers to either the Flemish people (or nation), or to its political institutions.
		Moreover, the official Dutch Language is closer to the southern than to the northern dialects, due to the fact that the Christian Bible (the basis of the official language) was translated mainly by southern immigrants to the North.
		Part of the confusion between "Flemish" and Dutch may stem from the fact that Dutch was banned from official life in Belgium during the 19th century and the early years of the 20th.
	www.translation-services-usa.com /languages/flemish.shtml (1449 words)

	Dutch language
		It isn't a separate language, though the term is often used to distinguish the Dutch spoken in Flanders from that of the Netherlands.
		The lesser-known Frisian language, very closely related to Dutch, is even closer to English.
		The Taalunie (Language Union), an association established by Dutch government and the government of Flanders, defines what is ABN and what isn't, e.g.
	www.wordlookup.net /du/dutch-language.html (1311 words)

	Dutch language
		One reason for this divergence is that written Dutch evolved from the Flemish dialect spoken in the culturally advanced Flanders and Brabant of the 15th cent., whereas modern spoken Dutch grew out of the vernacular of the province of Holland, which became dominant after the 16th cent.
		Dutch is noteworthy as the language of an outstanding literature, but it also became important as the tongue of an enterprising people, who, though comparatively few in number, made their mark on the world community through trade and empire.
		The slaves' languages in the Dutch Cape Colony and Afrikaans vir(*).
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/society/A0816451.html (368 words)

	dutchlanguage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Dialects and languages in the Netherlands and Belgium
		The language is officially called Dutch by the governments of Belgium and the Netherlands, but the people living in the historic Flanders region still often use the term Flemish because of its historical and sociocultural connotations.
		Flemish, the language spoken in Flanders, became a model for the Dutch language.
	www.rabbel.info /dutchlanguage.html (2845 words)

	Netherlandic language -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		English Dutch, or Flemish, Netherlandic Nederlands, Flemish Vlaams a West Germanic language that is the national language of The Netherlands and, with French, one of the two official languages of Belgium.
		West Germanic language of South Africa, developed from 17th-century Netherlandic (Dutch) by the descendants of European (Dutch, German, and French) colonists, indigenous Khoisan peoples, and African and Asian slaves in the Dutch colony at the Cape of Good Hope.
		In the European Middle Ages, the language was called Dietsc, or Duutsc, historically equivalent to German Deutsch and meaning simply “language of the people,” as contrasted with Latin, which was the language of...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9055348?tocId=9055348 (759 words)

	west_flemish_language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Other descriptions of West Flemish language West Flemish (in West Flemish, Vlaemsch) is a group of dialects, spoken in parts of the Netherlands,...
		West Flemish dialect of the Dutch language West Flemish language West Florida West Florida West Florida and Alabama Railroad West Florida Controversy West Florida Regional Library West FM West Footscray...
		West Flemish language) West Flemish (in West Flemish, Vlaemsch) is a group of dialects, spoken in parts of the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.
	west_flemish_language.networklive.org (297 words)

	Frisian language -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family that is closely related to Frisian, German, and Netherlandic languages.
		It is the primary language of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and various small island nations in the Caribbean Sea and...
		Dutch is almost identical to Belgium's Flemish language, and it shares certain characteristics with both German and English.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9035463 (784 words)

	West Germanic language
		West Germanic is the largest branch of the Germanic family of languages, including such languages as English, Dutch, and German.
		There was never a West Germanic proto-language from which all the languges currently in the group seem to have derived.
		As such the grouping is more of a geographical convenience to categorize languages that share many similarities with each other but also individually compare closely to particular aspects of North Germanic or East Germanic.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/west_germanic_language (246 words)

	Flemish Sign Language Dictionary
		The Dutch spoken in Flanders (in the past sometimes referred to as Flemish) is the same as the Dutch used by people in the Netherlands.
		Flemish Sign Language thus still is not used as a/the language of education, something most sign language researchers and a large part of the Flemish Deaf Community would very much like to see happening.
		Up until fifteen years ago, however, the community used the term ‘Belgian Sign Language’, because the researchers believed there were more resemblances between the two sign languages used in Flanders and Wallonia than between those used in Flanders and the Netherlands.
	www.signwriting.org /belgium/flemishdict02.html (976 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.
		Our informants' sign language use was probably influenced by the situation (presence of a camera, eliciting material, ?) when the occupation signs were elicited, but this is impossible to avoid.
		Flemish Sign Language also has specific signs for these animals, but they are hardly ever used.
	www.signwriting.org /belgium/flemishdict01.html (1369 words)

	Woordenboek Vlaamse Gebarentaal
		Moreover, the project Sociolinguistic Research of Flemish Sign Language, carried out at Ghent University and financed by the BOF (Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds — Special Research Fund) (B/00056 — BOF/2-4/BOF2002), made it possible to create an electronic version of this dictionary.
		In the past the term Belgian Sign Language was commonly used, because one believed there were more resemblances between the two sign languages used in Flanders and Wallonia than between those used in Flanders and the Netherlands.
		This is why from that moment on the term Flemish Sign Language is used in all publications concerning the Flemish Deaf community and their mother tongue.
	gebaren.ugent.be /information.php (1684 words)

	Dutch - Language Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Many people in the west of the Netherlands refer to their language as Hollands.
		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 most important dictionary of the modern Dutch language is the Van Dale groot woordenboek der Nederlandse taal.
	www.geocities.com /language_directory/languages/dutch.htm (656 words)

	BBC Education - Languages
		Dutch is a West Germanic language most closely related to low and high German.
		One of the official languages of the European Union, Dutch is spoken in the Netherlands and in Belgium.
		The term was used as a collective name for the Dutch and German languages, as distinguished from Latin.
	www.bbc.co.uk /languages/european_languages/languages/dutch.shtml (111 words)

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