main reference. Walloon, members of the two predominant cultural and linguistic groups of modern Belgium. The Flemings, who constitute more than half of the Belgian population, speak Dutch (sometimes called Netherlandic), or Belgian Dutch (also called Flemish by English-speakers), and live mainly in the north and west. main reference. Walloon, members of the two predominant cultural and linguistic groups of modern Belgium. The Flemings, who constitute more than half of the Belgian population, speak Dutch (sometimes called Netherlandic), or Belgian Dutch

What do you call people from Belgium in English?

Belgians (Dutch: Belgen, French: Belges, German: Belgier) are people identified with the Kingdom of Belgium, a federal state in Western Europe.

Are Belgians Dutch?

Belgium is one of those special countries that have three official languages: Dutch, French and German. After all, Flemish is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as the “Dutch language spoken in Northern Belgium”. So, the terms Flemish and Belgian Dutch actually refer to the same language.

Is Dutch hard to learn?

How hard is it to learn? Dutch is probably the easiest language to learn for English speakers as it positions itself somewhere between German and English. However, de and het are quite possibly the hardest part to learn, as you have to memorise which article each noun takes.

What do you call someone from the Netherlands?

the Dutch Why are the people of Netherlands called the Dutch? People from Holland are called Dutch by English-speaking people only. This word is the English counterpart of the Dutch words diets and duits. Duits means German since the Germans call themselves Deutsche.

Why is Dutch so difficult?

The vowels also make it a lot more difficult to pronounce the words correctly. Some sounds like ui or eu are new to people who are learning Dutch. To produce those sounds your mouth has to move in ways it has never done before. Thats why its really difficult to master these sounds at a later age.