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Name: Vlaams

Type: Language

Alternate Names: Flemish; Flamand; Vlaemsch

Spoken in: Belgium, France, Netherlands

Number of speakers: 6,000,000 in Belgium (2007 M. De Belder). Population total all countries: 6,141,560 (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 1500000 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 1202000 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: vls

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)

Parent Language: Middle Dutch (dum)

Child Dialects: West Vlaams; Vlaemsch (vls-wes) Westvlaams (vls-wev) Brabants (vls-bra) Antwerps (vls-ant) Frans Vlaams; Vlaemsch (vls-fra) Oostvlaams (vls-oos) Limburgs (vls-lim)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Vulnerable

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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