West Flemish

E70578

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.


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


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