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Encyclopedia > East Flemish

East Flemish is a dialect of the Dutch language, which is a Low Franconian language. It is spoken in the province of East Flanders in Belgium, but also spoken in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen in the Netherlands. Dutch (Nederlands  listen) is a West Germanic, Low German language spoken worldwide by around 24 million people (this number comes to 32 million if the speakers of Afrikaans are counted as well, a language that split off from Dutch during the last few hundred years and is still mutually understandable). ... Low Franconian is any of several West Germanic languages spoken in the Netherlands, northern Belgium, and South Africa. ... Satellite image of the Scheldt delta Zeeuws-Vlaanderen is the part of the Netherlands on the left shore of the Scheldt river (here called Westerschelde), nr. ...


East Flemish is spoken around Aalst, Beveren, Deinze, Dendermonde, Eeklo (Meetjesland), Gent, Geraardsbergen, Hulst, Lokeren, Ninove, Oudenaarde, Sint-Niklaas, Sluiskil, Terneuzen, Wetteren and Zottegem. Aalst (fr: Alost) is a municipality on the Dender, 19 miles northwest from Brussels. ... Beveren is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. ... Deinze is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. ... Dendermonde (French: Termonde) is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of East Flanders. ... Eeklo is a municipality in the province of East Flanders, in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. ... This page is about the Belgian city. ... Geraardsbergen is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. ... Hulst is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands in the east of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. ... Lokeren is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. ... Ninove is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of East Flanders. ... Image:Silhouet. ... Terneuzen is a city and municipality in the southwestern Netherlands, in the province of Zeeland, in the middle of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. ... Wetteren is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. ... Zottegem is a municipality located in Belgium and more particularly in Flanders, in the province of East Flanders. ...


French, Austrians and Spaniards have had influence on the vocabulary of East Flemish.


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At the New Year's reception in Aalst of Voka - Chamber of Commerce of East Flanders, on the premises of Eendracht Aalst, the East Flemish laureates of the “Leeuw van de Export 2003” were revealed.
Ronald Everaert, chairman of "Voka-Chamber of Commerce of East Flanders", was invited by the jury to confer the title of "Best Performer" to the enterprise that can look back on many years of export experience and that stood out in the export branch.
The East Flemish Young Exporter prize went to Vento from Oudenaarde, a dynamic firm established in March 1999.
Article about "Flanders" in the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (1300 words)
The ensemble of Dutch dialects spoken in Belgium is often referred to as Flemish (Vlaams in Dutch), although the standard language used in Flanders is the same as in the Netherlands, Dutch.
Flemish weavers had come over to Worstead and North Walsham in Norfolk in the 12th century and established the wool industry.
Part of the confusion between "Flemish" and Dutch stems from the fact that Dutch was banned from official life in Belgium during the 19th century and the early years of the 20th.
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