Flemish dialects

Person	Fleming (Vlaming)
People	Flemings (Vlamingen)
Language	Flemish (Vlaams),; VGT (Vlaamse Gebarentaal)
Country	Flanders (Vlaanderen)

Flemish
Flemish
Vlaams
Vlaams
Native to	Belgium, Netherlands, France
Region	Flanders, Zeelandic Flanders, French Flanders
Ethnicity	Flemings
Native speakers	6.5 million (2016)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Istvaeonic Low Franconian Dutch Flemish; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	West Flemish; East Flemish; Brabantian; Limburgish;
Language codes
ISO 639-1	nl for Dutch
ISO 639-2	dut (B) for Dutch; nld (T)
ISO 639-3	nld – inclusive code for Dutch; Individual codes:; vls – West Flemish; zea – Zeelandic; lim – Limburgish
Glottolog	dutc1256 Dutch
IETF	nl-BE

Flemish (Vlaams) 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 spoken by Flemings, the dominant ethnic group of the region. Outside of Belgium Flanders, it is also spoken to some extent in French Flanders and the Dutch Zeelandic Flanders.

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