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Flemish Government
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- 1.Flemish government - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The Flemish Government (Dutch: Vlaamse Regering (help·info)) is the executive ... He was replaced in the Flemish government by Veerle Heeren. ...
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- 2.Politics of Flanders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- 1.2 Flemish government. 1.3 Provincial and local government. 1.4 Electoral system ... the Flemish government and a representative branch, the Flemish Parliament. ...
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olitics_of_Flanders
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Why has Flemish not been given And should it, in your
opinion?
Flemish is a non-written
language. The official
language for the Flemish is
'Algemeen Nederlands',
(general Dutch).
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Because Flemish is not actually a stand alone langage. It is actually a Dialect of Dutch. The Belgian population is split evenly between French speaking Walloons and Dutch/Flemish speaking Flemmings, with a small German speaking minority also. It is notable that standard French is the other official language, and not the Wallonian dialect, so its the same for both communities. However, if the Flemmings want their dialect of Dutch to replace standard Dutch, then they shold be able to have it. I guess the reason it hasnt is that the Flemmings dont want it to. |
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Recognize West-Flemish as an The official languages of
Belgium are Dutch
(standardized), French and
German, as some may know.
However, Dutch is a
standardized language based on
Brabantic dialects. The
language we speak here,
West-Flemish (French may know
it as Vlemsch, spoken in Pas
de Calais and Dutch as
Zealandic), is regarded as a
backwards language, a patois
that is rude and ordinary.
But, West-Flemish is a
language on it's own, or is
treated as such, because it is
unintelligible (or something
like that) for Dutch people
and other Flemings outside of
West-Flanders. It is basically
Middle Dutch with Frisian,
English, French, German and
Celtic (?) traces. Should the
government allow us to speak
West-Flemish, our language, in
public affairs or should we
stick to the language of the
oppressor, namely standardized
dutch ? Frisian, closely
related to our language,
managed to get official in
Holland, being, next to Dutch,
the official language of
Fryslan.
Those interested in hearing
west-flemish (dutch subs) :
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-wX
UCnY1E0o
And something from the local
hiphop group, in westflemish:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=V18
OxJMCBCE
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It's a purely political question: "A language is a dialect with an army and a navy" ("A shprakh iz a diyalekt mit an armey un a flot" , Max Weinreich). |
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Asking for recognition of our Where I live, dutch is the
official language, but
West-Flemish is spoken over
here more than dutch. In fact,
dutch is being seen as
haughty, however, the
dutchification of our people
has been progressing as to the
generation after me not being
able to speak WF as fluently
as we can.
In France (imagine that)
West-Flemish is recognized as
a minority language. In
France, a country that's so
hard at languages other than
French, people are thinking of
putting Bilingual street signs
(Flemish / French) and are
starting to learn WF again
(the Flemish government in
Belgium thinks this is wrong,
because Dutch is more widely
spoken, yet they have never
spoken dutch over there). But
over here, WF is being
ridiculized, laughed at,
mocked, subtitled... And not
recognized at all. Should we
also start to ask for
recognition ?
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I don't doubt you but another language spoken in the world today, English, threatens even Dutch and French. Don't overlook that. |
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