Flemish language

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/flemish-language

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the geographic distribution?Primarily spoken in Flanders, the northern region of Belgium
2. What is the linguistic classification?West Germanic language, closely related to Dutch, with numerous distinct dialects
3. What is Flemish and where is it spoken?Flemish is a collection of dialects spoken in Flanders, the northern part of Belgium. It comes from Old Dutch and is part of the Dutch language family.
4. Why did Flemish become different from Dutch spoken in the Netherlands?After the medieval period, the Low Countries split into north and south. Social and political changes, like growing cities and the influence of French, made the Belgian dialects evolve separately from those in the Netherlands.

Flemish Movement: A cultural and political movement advocating for the rights and recognition of the Dutch language in Belgium.
Modern Standard Dutch: The official, codified form of Dutch used in both the Netherlands and Flanders.
Sociolinguistics: The study of the relationship between language and society.