French Flemish

Spoken in

  • Indo-European Germanic West Germanic low Franconian Dutch West Flemish

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French West Flemish ( frz-wfläm. Fransch Vlaemsch, ndl. Frans - Vlaams, French flamand français) are collective terms for various West-Flemish dialects which are spoken in the area of present-day France.

In the older German literature, this Flemish dialects have been summed up under the names Westhoekflämisch ( frz-wfläm. Westhoek Vlaemsch ) and Südflämisch.

In general German usage, the name ' Westhoekflämisch " next to the name " Flemish ", most commonly.

History

Flemish dialects are spoken in the area of the French Netherlands since time immemorial. Today still speak 80000-120000 people in the region who describe themselves as Flemish, the so-called Westhoekflämische. However, there is no common language, but the dialects of Westhoek directly adjoin the neighboring Belgian West Flemish dialects.

In the French Flemings since 1853, the school system is purely French-speaking and the use of Dutch banned there since 1880.

In Westhoekflämischen was a modest literature, which was supported by the Comité founded in 1853 Flamand de France. The modern Dutch written language was introduced in the French never Westhoek, so write the French Flemings in a standalone font style that is closely aligned introduced at the beginning of the 19th century in Flanders Südniederländisch.

The Westhoekflämische is now considered roofless outdoor dialect of Dutch, which has a large proportion of the basic word stock from the Middle Dutch and a large French-speaking influence.

Since the 1920s, efforts made by the French Flemish, is the modern Dutch to use. After the end of World War II, the supporting Cultural Association Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond was banned and dissolved at the franzöisischen Flemish. And in 1951, when the Deixonne - law of minority languages ​​was adopted, the Dutch remained in France it unaffected.

Today small Belgian traveling theaters in Westhoek Flanders occur and thus indirectly promote there the stock of the Dutch language.

Speech sample

" 'T Vlaemsch en is niet in de geleerd schoolen van Fransch - Vlaenderen, ' t is shame eene voor d' overheid van the right of Vlaemsche kinders zoo te ontkennen. (...) "

Glossary

Below is a list of French - West-Flemish words ( and translations):

  • Een lytje, a bit '
  • D' elde, the epoch of '
  • (. monitored over wfläm ) bite, wait '
  • Zeuren, play false '
  • Een lofting, a garden ' (opposite wfläm. hof )
  • Een aendeloebe, a duck ' (opposite wfläm. kwelker )
  • The rik, the back '
  • Bezien, seek '
  • Vry, beautiful ' (opposite wfläm. schoone )
  • Boos, clever '
  • Droef, evil '
  • Een kokkemaere, a nightmare ' ( cauquemar from Picard, as French cauchemar )
  • Een jack belle, a bell '
  • De leuringe van den avend, Dusk '
  • Zoeteboomtei, licorice tea '
  • Kavermyne, camomile '
  • Tullepooize, Tulp '
  • Kaffiemuuzel, cloth coffee filter '
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