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What a lot of people ignore is that, at the beginning of the Belgian state, the absolute majority of Walloons didn't speak French either. It was only the educated who did, and they were both Flemish and Walloon.
The Walloons spoke multiple varieties of Langue d'Oïl and Picard dialects not intelligible with standard French. They were all forced to learn it in school during the following generations.
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Four new cities in the north of France say “yes to Flemish” to highlight the regional language
Steene, Cappelle-Brouck, Oost-Cappel and Wulverdinghe signed the “yes to Flemish” charter in 2023, which notably provides for the installation of a village entrance sign translating their name into this regional language. Before them, eighteen localities in the sector had followed this path.
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I'm from Finland and I think with Portuguese Dutch is the most fascinating language in Europe. I always enjoy hearing Dutch footballers giving interviews in Dutch during Euro Cup or World Cup tournaments. To my Finnish ears it sounds like German where every third word or sentence sounds like English 😂
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I'm a non-native speaker of Dutch. I learned standard Dutch but spent more time in Belgium than in the Netherlands, so my Dutch is all over the place, having elements of both. But luckily intelligible for both Dutch and Flemish people.
I used to go horse riding a lot in Belgium, and some of the older people at the riding school were usually talking Westvlaams to each other. It was really nice of them to switch to tussentaal for me. 😊
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Shame you left out the French NW part where a Dutch/Flemish dialect is spoken and where schools are teaching Dutch. A West-Flemish dialect.
Basically, you could say that when you enter Europe via the Chunnel and you travel in a straight line from Calais to ± Emden, in Germany, you're travelling through the Dutch (language) part of Europe.
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I studied German in high school and had a friend whose brother spent several months in the Netherlands. When my friend's brother returned, semi fluent in Dutch, I remarked at what an easy language it was to pick up. He felt insulted by my comment.
Sorry, Cody. To people who speak both English and German, Dutch is pretty easy.
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@choonbox
5 months ago
As well as the official language of Surinam, South America.
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