Flemish dialects

Flemish (Vlaams) is a Low Franconiandialect cluster of the Dutch language. It is sometimes referred to as Flemish Dutch (Vlaams-Nederlands), Belgian Dutch (Belgisch-Nederlands), 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.