I am a fluent speaker of our dying language, West Flemish, and some consider it a dutch dialect and nothing more. I however, consider it a language and I think that there are even Celtic traces in our language, because a lot of things in our language can not be explained out of dutch.
2007-09-25 05:35:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I WILL pass it on to my children, for I will not speak Dutch with them. If ever I have kids.
2007-09-25 05:48:47 · update #1
to me, common dutch has no rights what so ever. I am socialist, and thus do not want to be ruled by a language that is not my own. I can not speak common and antwerpish is almost common. Limburgish is, well, a language on it's own.
2007-09-25 06:49:29 · update #2
Here's an article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Flemish
If you have children, I hope you encourage them to speak it and pass it on to their children! Keep it alive!:)
2007-09-25 05:45:43 · answer #1 · answered by tangerine 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, this is unlike with Arabic. Flemish is a dialect of the Dutch language, yet we are waiting to understand one yet another completely. Frisian is unquestionably a separate language, Flemish wouldn't have that status. in a lot of video clips and tv courses in Belgium and the Netherlands you'll see Flemish and Dutch actors paintings at the same time. yet for sure there are a sort of adjustments between Flemish and Dutch, extraordinarily the pronunciation. The Flemish pronunciation of the Dutch language relates very a lot to the dialects spoken interior the South of The Netherlands (Limburgs in Maastricht and Brabants in Den Bosch). a lot of human beings from Amsterdam might want to locate it far more durable to understand someone from the East of the Netherlands than someone from Antwerp. certain, the pro languages are Dutch, French and German (Flemish isn't a language).
2016-10-20 03:13:15 · answer #2 · answered by hocking 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flemish is a West Germanic, Low Franconian language closely related to Afrikaans and Dutch. Whether it is a dialect of Dutch or a separate language depends on your point of view. Often in cases like these, the two speech varieties might be mutually intelligible, but because they use different spelling systems or are associated with different nationalities, they are considered different languages.
2007-09-25 05:52:36 · answer #3 · answered by ganesh 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For Pete sake's.There are six million Flemish people.They should have one language.Dialect is cool and cute for at home.I thought socialist were Internationalists.I guess I was wrong
What about Limburg or Antewerps?Your children deserve to learn the official language of the country they live in
Edit to the answerer above Flemish is a separate language.West Flemish is a dialect.They aren't the same
2007-09-25 05:57:09 · answer #4 · answered by justgoodfolk 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Dear friend,
Good for you.I had my first 19 years in The Netherlands and I am sure we could converse together whether you would speak Dutch or Flemish.
Beste vriend,
Goed voor jou.Ik had mijn eerste 19 jaren in Nederland en ik ben zeker dat wij samen konden praten in Nederlands of Vlaams.
2007-09-25 08:38:26 · answer #5 · answered by Don Verto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
west flamish, is a dialect, not a language. infact the only languages that are spoken in the benelux are:
dutch, frisian, french (walonian) german and luxemburgois.
and westflamish is similar enough to detch for me to be able to follow it. eventhough wordchoices are sometimes a bit off. and the prenounciation is horrible.
2007-09-25 07:39:12 · answer #6 · answered by mrzwink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋