West Flemish (in West Flemish, Vlaemsch) is a group of dialects, spoken in parts of the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.
There is a considerable overlap between West Flemish and some neighbouring Dutch (Flemish) accents.
West Flemish is spoken by around 1.05 million people in West Flanders (in Belgium), 220,000 in the neighbouring Dutch coastal district of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen (where it is also called Zeeuws), and 20,000 in the northern part of the Frenchdépartement of Nord.
Dutch is an official language of the Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, Aruba, and the Netherlands Antilles.
Algemeen Nederlands (meaning 'general Dutch', abbreviated to AN) is the official Dutch language, the standard language as taught in schools and used by authorities in the Netherlands, Flanders (Belgium), Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles.
It is not a separate language, though the term is often used to distinguish the Dutch spoken in Flanders from that of the Netherlands.
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