DutchFlemish
DutchFlemish is a label used in linguistics and encyclopedic contexts to describe the shared Dutch language varieties spoken in the Netherlands and in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is not an officially recognized language; DutchFlemish refers to the continuum of Dutch varieties across these regions, united by a common standard form used in formal writing, Algemeen Nederlands (General Dutch), and by widely understood core vocabulary and grammar.
In practice, the Dutch language as used in the Netherlands and Flanders is highly mutually intelligible. Distinctions
The Flemish region has its own regional varieties of Dutch, including West Flemish and East Flemish, while
Scholars often treat Dutch and Flemish as dialects or varieties of a single West Germanic language rather