Because Belgium is a bilingual country, Belgian literature is divided into the two main languages spoken in the country - French and Dutch or Flemish - and discussed under the languages of these countries : France and Dutch. The term bilingualism (from bi meaning two and lingua meaning language) can refer to rather different phenomena. ... An official standard Flemish language as such does not exist: there are however variants of the Dutch language spoken in Belgium; and these are, mainly for political reasons, sometimes referred to as Flemish. One of these variants is the standard Dutch spoken in Belgium, which is slightly different from the...
Some literature also exists in the regional languages of Belgium, with authors in the Walloon language being particularly of note. A regional language is a language spoken in a part of a country - it may be a small area, a federal state or province, or a wider area. ... Walloon (Walon) is a regional Romance language spoken as a second language by some in Belgium. ...
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