What are the official languages of Belgium?
Correct answer: Dutch, French, German.
InsatiableGoal55358
what about Flemish?
Prometheus
yes, Flemish is the language of northern Belgium, and should be included in the answer. those who speak it are a wonderful people. my wife and I lived there and met many flemish.
Marie-Solange Ladeni
German is not a national language Flemish and Valoon are.
VividPotion6704
I have friends in Belgium who speak Flemish. When they speak with Dutch friends from Holland they find the two languages are similar but not identical. So in my humble opinion this answer is incorrect!
Zoé
What about Flemish? Flemish is the main language in Belgium.
Republic of China
If Flemish is an official language, they must be spoken nationwide (entirety of Belgium). However, Flemish is usually spoken in Northern Belgium and not in places like Western Belgium, Eastern Belgium and Southern Belgium
Republic of China
According to Google
Flemish is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as the “Dutch language spoken in Northern Belgium”. So, the terms 'Flemish' and 'Belgian Dutch' actually refer to the same language.
The most obvious difference when talking with or listening to speakers of Dutch and Flemish is the pronunciation. Even to the untrained ear, the two dialects sound very different. While Flemish tends towards French pronunciations, Dutch in the Netherlands has more of an English feel.
MAE
Dutch is the language and Flemish counts as a dialect of Dutch.
QuizMaster
Britplayer, quite. or indeed Mancunian or Glaswegian are dialects of English,
Chelseablue 1971
yeah InsatiableGoa55358 when I visited there for a beer festival I was told the official language was Flemish
Britplayer
InsatiableGoal55358, flemish is a dialect of Dutch, like hollands...