Monday, September 10, 2007

Orientation sites, Languages, Cultures

Getting to know Belgium: This describes the languages: ://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/belgium-country-profile.html
  • Dutch, and local variant known as Flemish, is spoken in the north; some 60%
  • German in some eastern areas, 
  • French in the south. //europa.eu/youth/travelling_europe/index_be_en. 
  • Walloon - a variant of  French, spoken by Celtic originating people, Protestants, see ://www.answers.com/topic/walloons
  • Luxembourgish - some 1%
Walloons were exiled because of their beliefs in the 17th Century, and settled at New Netherlands - now New York, Manhattan, and other places.  See http://www.answers.com/topic/walloons

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