A practical guide to Dutch in Belgium and the Netherlands

Abstract

Dutch and Flemish are the same languages of totally different ones? The majority students of Dutch as foreign language are definitely able to hear a difference in pronunciation, but the rest remains rather undiscovered. The Miet Ooms’s book Buurtaal means ‘neighbor language’ and focuses on differences and similarities between Dutch in the Netherlands and Dutch in Belgium (Flanders). This guide is written in plain language and is a must read not only for linguists or natives but for every person who learns Dutch. Furthermore, it is also intended to people who are working on adapting the texts for the Belgian or Dutch markets.