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West Flemish is spoken by 1.07 million people in [[West Flanders]] (in Belgium), 120,000 in the neighbouring [[Netherlands|Dutch]] coastal district of [[Zeelandic Flanders]] (and another 220,000 if Zealandic is included), and 10,000 in the northern part of the [[France|French]] ''[[département in France|département]]'' of [[Nord (département)|Nord]].<ref name="e18" /> Some of the main cities where West Flemish is widely spoken are [[Bruges]], [[Kortrijk]], [[Ostend]], [[Roeselare]], and [[Ypres]]. The dialects of the rest of the Dutch province of [[Zeeland]], [[Zeelandic]], are often included in West Flemish; these are part of a [[dialect continuum]] which proceeds further north into [[Hollandic]].
West Flemish is spoken by 1.07 million people in [[West Flanders]] (in Belgium), 120,000 in the neighbouring [[Netherlands|Dutch]] coastal district of [[Zeelandic Flanders]] (and another 220,000 if Zealandic is included), and 10,000 in the northern part of the [[France|French]] ''[[département in France|département]]'' of [[Nord (département)|Nord]].<ref name="e18" /> Some of the main cities where West Flemish is widely spoken are [[Bruges]], [[Kortrijk]], [[Ostend]], [[Roeselare]], and [[Ypres]]. The dialects of the rest of the Dutch province of [[Zeeland]], [[Zeelandic]], are often included in West Flemish; these are part of a [[dialect continuum]] which proceeds further north into [[Hollandic]].


West Flemish is listed as a "vulnerable" language in [[UNESCO]]'s online [[Red Book of Endangered Languages]].<ref>[http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?pg=00206 UNESCO.org]{{dead link|date=April 2013}}</ref>
West Flemish is listed as a "vulnerable" language in [[UNESCO]]'s online [[Red Book of Endangered Languages]].<ref>[http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?pg=00206 UNESCO.org] {{wayback|url=http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?pg=00206 |date=20141112150327 }}</ref>


[[Image:Languages Benelux.PNG|left|thumb|Geographical location of West Flemish (colour: ''sandy'') among the other minority and regional languages and dialects of the [[Benelux]] countries]]
[[Image:Languages Benelux.PNG|left|thumb|Geographical location of West Flemish (colour: ''sandy'') among the other minority and regional languages and dialects of the [[Benelux]] countries]]

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West Flemish
West-Vlaams
West-Vlams, West-Vloams
Native toBelgium, Netherlands, France
RegionWest Flanders
Native speakers
(1.4 million cited 1998)[1]
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
vls – (West) Vlaams
zea – Zealandic (Zeeuws)
Glottologvlaa1240  Vlaams / West Vlaams
zeeu1238  Zeeuws
Linguasphere52-ACB-ag

West Flemish (Dutch: West-Vlaams, French: flamand occidental, West Flemish: West-Vlams/West-Vloams), "Flemish" in the linguistic sense, is a language spoken in western Belgium and adjoining parts of the Netherlands and France. It is generally considered a dialect of Dutch but is hardly comprehensible to speakers of the Dutch dialects of Antwerp and Amsterdam.[2]

West Flemish is spoken by 1.07 million people in West Flanders (in Belgium), 120,000 in the neighbouring Dutch coastal district of Zeelandic Flanders (and another 220,000 if Zealandic is included), and 10,000 in the northern part of the French département of Nord.[1] Some of the main cities where West Flemish is widely spoken are Bruges, Kortrijk, Ostend, Roeselare, and Ypres. The dialects of the rest of the Dutch province of Zeeland, Zeelandic, are often included in West Flemish; these are part of a dialect continuum which proceeds further north into Hollandic.

West Flemish is listed as a "vulnerable" language in UNESCO's online Red Book of Endangered Languages.[3]

Geographical location of West Flemish (colour: sandy) among the other minority and regional languages and dialects of the Benelux countries
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Dutch
Low Saxon dialects
West Low Franconian dialects
East Low Franconian dialects
Flemish (green) and French (red/brown) as spoken in the arrondissement of Dunkirk in France, in 1874 and 1972

See also

Apartment building in Blankenberge (Belgium) with West Flemish name "Yzeren Rampe" (Iron embankment)

References

  1. ^ a b (West) Vlaams at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Zealandic (Zeeuws) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ RL Trask, "Number of Languages", in Language and Linguistics: The Key Concepts, 2nd ed. 2007
  3. ^ UNESCO.org Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
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