Flemish
![Official languages of Belgium: Dutch (yellow), French (red) and German (blue). Brussels is a bilingual area where both Dutch and French have official status.](/Images/godic/202501/13/BelgieGemeenschappenkaart.svg1959.png")
![Map showing the dialects spoken in the Benelux: many people in Flanders speak a dialect and the common Flemish, and understand spoken Dutch; in writing, the dialects are hardly used, while Flemish and Dutch are nearly identical in this regard](/Images/godic/202501/13/Languages_Benelux1959.PNG")
![Bachten de Kupe scenic road sign.](/Images/godic/202501/13/Bachten-de_Kupe_route1959.JPG")
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Flemish (Vlaams), Belgian Dutch (Belgisch-Nederlands [ˈbɛlɣis ˈneːdərlɑnts]), Southern Dutch (Zuid-Nederlands) and Flemish Dutch (Vlaams-Nederlands) refer to the dialects or varieties of the Dutch language spoken in Flanders, the northern part of Belgium, both standard (as used in schools, government and the media) and informal (as used in everyday speech, "tussentaal" [ˈtɵsə(n)ˌtaːl]).