East Flemish

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Dutch dialect group West Germanic dialect

East Flemish is a group of Dutch dialects spoken primarily in the East Flanders region of Belgium.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Antwerp dialect of Dutch 1
Oost-Vlaams 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch dialect group ⓘ
West Germanic dialect ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
glottologCode none ⓘ
hasAlternativeName East Flemish ⓘ
surface form: Oost-Vlaams
hasDialect Aalst dialect ⓘ
Dendermonde dialect ⓘ
Ghent dialect ⓘ
Lokeren dialect ⓘ
Ronse dialect ⓘ
Sint-Niklaas dialect ⓘ
Waasland dialects ⓘ
hasFeature distinct vowel system compared to Standard Dutch ⓘ
influence from Brabantian dialects ⓘ
influence from West Flemish dialects ⓘ
lexical differences from Standard Dutch ⓘ
phonological differences from Standard Dutch ⓘ
hasStatus regional dialect ⓘ
historicalDevelopmentFrom Middle Dutch ⓘ
ISO639-3 none ⓘ
isPartOfLinguisticArea Dutch language area ⓘ
languageFamily Germanic languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
West Germanic languages ⓘ
languageOf East Flanders ⓘ
surface form: East Flanders province
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time ⓘ
mutuallyIntelligibleWith Flemish Dutch ⓘ
surface form: Standard Dutch

other Flemish dialects ⓘ
neighboringDialectGroup Brabant ⓘ
surface form: Brabantian

West Flemish ⓘ
Zeelandic ⓘ
notOfficialLanguageOf Belgium ⓘ
overlapsWith Flemish dialect continuum ⓘ
partOf Dutch ⓘ
surface form: Dutch language
partOfDialectContinuum Low Franconian languages ⓘ
surface form: Low Franconian dialect continuum
primaryRegion East Flanders ⓘ
region Flanders ⓘ
spokenIn Belgium ⓘ
East Flanders ⓘ
standardLanguage Flemish Dutch ⓘ
surface form: Standard Dutch
subclassOf Dutch dialect ⓘ
usedBy inhabitants of East Flanders ⓘ
usedFor informal communication ⓘ
regional identity expression ⓘ
usesStandardOrthographyOf Dutch ⓘ
surface form: Standard Dutch
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

East Flemish → hasAlternativeName → East Flemish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oost-Vlaams
Dutch → hasDialects → East Flemish ⓘ
West Flemish → hasNeighbouringDialect → East Flemish ⓘ
Antwerp → localLanguage → East Flemish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antwerp dialect of Dutch