FACTOID # 118: Australians lead the world in hours worked and membership in many voluntary organizations. How do they find the energy?
 
 Home   Encyclopedia   Statistics   Countries A-Z   Flags   Maps   Education   Forum   FAQ   About 
 
 
 
WHAT'S NEW
RELATED ARTICLES
People who viewed "Brabantian" also viewed:
RECENT ARTICLES
More Recent Articles »
 

SEARCH ALL

FACTS & STATISTICS    Advanced view

Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:

 

 

(* = Graphable)

 

 


Encyclopedia > Brabantian

Brabantian or Brabantic (Dutch: Brabants) is a dialect of the Dutch language spoken in Noord-Brabant and in the Belgian provinces of Antwerpen and Vlaams-Brabant and small parts in the west of Limburg. In the Northwest of Brabant (Willemstad) Hollandic is spoken. Conventionally the Zuid-Gelders dialects are distinguished from Brabantian, though there are no objective criteria apart from geography to do this. Dutch (  Nederlands?) is a West Germanic, Low German language spoken by around 24 million people, mostly in the Netherlands and Belgium. ... North Brabant (Dutch: Noord-Brabant) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River (Maas) in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west. ... For other uses, see Antwerp (disambiguation). ... Flemish Brabant is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. ... Limburg is the easternmost province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and is located west of the Meuse river. ... Willemstad can refer to: Willemstad is the capital of Curaçao Willemstad is a town in Moerdijk This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Hollandic is together with Brabantic the most frequently used dialect of the Dutch language. ... Zuid-Gelders (Kleverlands) is the dialect of the Dutch language, that is spoken in the Veluwezoom, around Nijmegen, in the Bommelerwaard, other areas of the Netherlands and traditionally parts of Germany including Duisburg and partly Wuppertal up to Wenden, which is the only Westphalian municipality. ...


Brabantian is not recognized as a minority language in the Netherlands: as standard Dutch is partly based on Brabantian there's no need of a separate Brabantian standard.


About a third of the Dutch speaking population lives in the zone of the Brabantian dialect. In large Dutch towns such as Breda and Eindhoven, where many Hollanders live, Brabantian dialects are hardly spoken, whereas in rural areas many people do. Tilburg and 's-Hertogenbosch however have a large number of persons speaking the Brabantian dialect. In Belgium the dialects form the normal medium of spoken communication. Brabantian is however little spoken in Brussels - French having largely replaced Dutch in the middle of the 20th century - despite the fact that there are many cultural activities in Brussels using the dialect and that Brabantian enjoys a high status in Brussels. Breda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. ... Eindhoven is a municipality and a city located in the province of Noord-Brabant in the south of the Netherlands, originally at the confluence of the Dommel and Gender brooks. ... Tilburg is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant. ... s-Hertogenbosch (literally Dukes Woods in Dutch; translated in French as Bois-le-Duc), unofficially also called Den Bosch, is a municipality in the Netherlands, the capital of the province of North Brabant. ... Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, French: Bruxelles, German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium and is considered by many to be the headquarters of the European Union, as two of its four main institutions have their headquarters in the...



 
 

COMMENTARY     


Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Your name
Your comments

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:

 


Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |  Feeds | Contact
The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL.
Images may be subject to relevant owners' copyright.
All other elements are (c) copyright NationMaster.com 2003-5. All Rights Reserved.
Usage implies agreement with terms, 1022, m