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- Indo-European
- Low Franconian
- West Flemish
ISO 639-3 · vlsvls
Indo-European family
West Flemish
West-Vlams
West Flemish is a language of the Low Franconian branch (Indo-European), spoken in Belgium and France. Wikidata counts about 1.4 m speakers (1998). Wikidata describes it as “Germanic language spoken in West Flanders, French Flanders and in the west of Zeelandic Flanders”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
vls- Glottocode
vlaa1240- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 51.00, 3.00
- Wikipedia
- 45 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
6levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | West Flemish · West-Vlams |
|---|---|
| Also called | Western Flemish, West Flemish Language, West-Vlams, West-Vloams, vls |
| All speakers | 1,400,000 (1998) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to West Flemish
The branches above West Flemish, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Belgium
fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationaldeuGermanIndo-European · 135 m1 · NationalyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredpcdPicardIndo-European · 700,0008b · Nearly ExtinctwlnWalloonIndo-European · 600,0006b · ThreatenedltzLuxembourgishunclassified · 470,2004 · EducationalgsgGerman Sign LanguageunclassifiedvgtFlemish Sign Languageunclassified5 · DevelopingsfbFrench Belgian Sign Languageunclassified5 · Developing