In article .com,
"a.c." writes:
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| Belgians speak (at least) one of
| two languages, Flemish or French. Flemish is (if I understand
| correctly) essentially the same as Dutch.
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| That too is essentially correct. In as far as I know, Flemish was the
| original (& if you saw the programme on the English language, you'd
| have heard how English originated from Friesland, NW Netherland

And it is debatable whether an English speaker or a Dutch speaker
will find it easier to understand Friesan.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.