Flemish dialects

Person	Fleming (Vlaming)
People	Flemings (Vlamingen)
Language	Flemish (Vlaams),; VGT (Vlaamse Gebarentaal)
Country	Flanders (Vlaanderen)

Flemish
Flemish
Vlaams
Native to	Belgium, Netherlands, France
Region	Flanders (Belgian, Zeelandic, French)
Ethnicity	Flemings
Native speakers	6.5 million (2016)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Istvaeonic Low Franconian Dutch Flemish; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	West Flemish; East Flemish; Brabantian; Limburgish;
Language codes
ISO 639-1	nl for Dutch
ISO 639-2	dut (B) for Dutch; nld (T)
ISO 639-3	nld – inclusive code for Dutch; Individual codes:; vls – West Flemish; zea – Zeelandic; lim – Limburgish
Glottolog	dutc1256 Dutch
IETF	nl-BE

State official languages of Belgium:
  Dutch

  French

  German
Brussels is a bilingual area where both Dutch and French have an official status.

Flemish (Vlaams [vlaːms] ^ⓘ) is a Low Franconian dialect cluster of the Dutch language. It is sometimes referred to as Flemish Dutch (Vlaams-Nederlands), Belgian Dutch (Belgisch-Nederlands [ˈbɛlɣis ˈneːdərlɑnts] ^ⓘ), or Southern Dutch (Zuid-Nederlands). Flemish is native to the region known as Flanders in northern Belgium; it is spoken by Flemings, the dominant ethnic group of the region. Outside of Belgian Flanders, it is also spoken to some extent in French Flanders and the Dutch Zeelandic Flanders.