West Flemish
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West Flemish is a regional Dutch dialect spoken primarily in the western part of Flanders in Belgium, as well as in adjacent areas of France and the Netherlands.
Aliases (4)
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch dialect
→
West Germanic language variety → regional language → |
| belongsTo |
Flemish dialect group
→
|
| dialectOf |
Dutch
→
|
| endangeredStatus |
vulnerable
→
|
| hasAlternativeName |
West Flemish dialect
→
West-Vlaams → |
| hasGlottocode |
west2443
→
|
| hasISOCode |
vls
→
|
| hasISOStandard |
ISO 639-3
→
|
| hasLexicalFeature |
loanwords from French
→
many unique regional vocabulary items → |
| hasLinguasphereCode |
52-ACB-am
→
|
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
distinct pronoun system from Standard Dutch
→
|
| hasMutualIntelligibility |
high with other Flemish dialects
→
partial with Standard Dutch → |
| hasNeighbouringDialect |
East Flemish
→
French Flemish → Zeelandic → |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
distinct vowel system compared to Standard Dutch
→
frequent diphthongization → strong uvular or velar /r/ → |
| hasRegion |
adjacent areas of France
→
adjacent areas of the Netherlands → western part of Flanders → |
| hasStatus |
recognized regional language in some contexts
→
|
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin script
→
|
| influencedBy |
French
→
|
| languageFamily |
Germanic languages
→
Indo-European languages → West Germanic languages → |
| partOf |
Dutch language continuum
→
|
| spokenIn |
Belgium
→
Flanders → France → French Flanders → Netherlands → West Flanders NERFINISHED → Zeelandic Flanders NERFINISHED → |
| subclassOf |
Flemish
→
Low Franconian dialect → |
| usedBy |
West Flemish diaspora communities
→
inhabitants of West Flanders → |
| usedIn |
informal communication
→
local literature → regional media → |
Referenced by (12)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
West Flemish
("West-Vlaams")
→
West Flemish ("West Flemish dialect") → |
hasAlternativeName |
|
Old Dutch
→
|
hasDescendant |
|
West Flanders
→
|
hasDialect |
|
Dunkirk
→
|
hasMinorityLanguage |
|
West Flemish
("French Flemish")
→
|
hasNeighbouringDialect |
|
Nord (department)
→
|
historicalLanguage |
|
Zeelandic
→
|
influencedBy |
|
East Flemish
→
|
neighboringDialectGroup |
|
Zeelandic
("West Flemish dialect continuum")
→
|
partOf |
|
Courtrai
→
|
regionalLanguage |
|
Zeelandic
→
|
relatedTo |