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The traditional language of Walloon Flanders (part of Romance Flanders) is Picard (and its dialects, such as Ch'ti or Rouchi). Many schools in this region teach Flemish to schoolchildren, partially in an effort to revive the language.
French Flemish (French Flemish: Fransch vlaemsch, Standard Dutch: Frans-Vlaams, French: flamand français) is a West Flemish dialect spoken in the north of contemporary France.
In French Flanders, French is the only official language and now the native language of the majority of the population, but there is still a minority of Dutch-speakers living there. French is also the primary language in the officially bilingual Brussels Capital Region (see Francization of Brussels).
Walled and moated cities and towns; imposing memorials; preserved sections of trench and a host of museums are all part of the mix. Visit the area known as French Flanders and you'll discover a historic land with towns pickled in the past, unique local cuisine & loads to see and do...
Apr 23, 2020 · Used not only in the region we now know as Picardy, but in fact from the Oise river north, its reach spread far beyond the areas in which French was a first language, across Flanders and all the way to the County of Holland.
Feb 1, 2014 · The province of Flanders included Bruges, Ghent, and Ypres where they spoke Flemish [a dialect of Dutch], but also the southern French Flanders, including Lille and Douai, most of which became part of France in 1668.
May 14, 2018 · Some Flemish live in the northeast regions of France, in an area known as French-Flanders. Others have migrated to Africa and the New World. Political and religious divisions have through the centuries divided a people previously united by a common language and cultural traditions into distinct national ethnicities: the Dutch, the French ...
