IT SOUNDS LIKE CHOKING ON HAIRBALLS

One of my friends on Facebook asked how Flemish and Dutch differ. So, as a comparison, here is the same text (from wikipedia) given in English, Dutch, and Limburgian (a linguistic clusterfudge similar to what I spoke on the street for sixteen years which is, alledgedly, somewhat like Flemish). As of this writing, there is no Flemish in Google Translate.

ENGLISH
The province of Brabant is a Belgian province with its capital Brussels that existed from 1830 to 1995. Its scope is approximately equivalent to the province of South Brabant during the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. In 1989, the Brussels Capital Region was established, but at that time it was still part of the province of Brabant. In 1995, the province of Brabant was split into three parts, the Dutch-speaking Flemish Brabant, the French-speaking Walloon Brabant, and the bilingual Brussels Capital Region became a separate administrative division.

DUTCH
De provincie Brabant is een Belgische provincie met Brussel als hoofdstad, die bestond van 1830 tot 1995. De omvang ervan is ongeveer gelijk aan die van de provincie Zuid-Brabant in het Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden. In 1989 werd het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest opgericht, maar dit bleef onderdeel van de provincie Brabant. In 1995 werd de provincie Brabant opgesplitst in drie delen: het Nederlandstalige Vlaams-Brabant, het Franstalige Waals-Brabant en het tweetalige Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, dat een aparte bestuurlijke eenheid werd.

LIMBURGIAN
De provincie Brabant is ‘n Belsje provincie mèt de hoofstad Brussel dee bestoont vaan 1830 tot 1995. De umvang is ongeveer geliek aon de provincie Zuid-Brabant in ‘t Vereineg Keuninkriek vaan Nederland. In 1989 woort de hoofstad vaan Brussel opgeriech, mer maakde nog sjteeds deil oet vaan de provincie Brabant. In 1995 woort de provincie Brabant in drie deile verdeild: de Nederlandssprekinde Vlaamse Brabant, de Fransssprekinde Walloense Brabant en de twietalige Brussels hoofstadregio woorte ‘n apaarte bestuurleke afdeiling.


NOTE: We spoke American English at home, Dutch in school, and Kempisch dialect on the street. My father was not entirely conversant in that last, my mother's mastery of Dutch was far from perfect. There are some weird tonalisms in Kempish, FYI.

First paragraph about Amsterdam in West Flemish on Wikipedia, as well as google English and Dutch:

WEST VLAMS
Amsterdam is 'n hoofdstad en grotste gemêente van Holland. De stad ligt in de provinsje Nôord-Holland an de riviere den Amstel en an 't meer 't Ey. Der weunn oungeveer 918.000 menschn in de gemêente en oungeveer 896.000 menschn in de stad (2023). De stad is administratief ounderverdêeld in zeevn stadsdêeln die were zyn ounderverdêeld in wykn.
Amsterdam dankt zyn noame an de liggienge by e dam die angeleid is in de 13ste êeuwe in den Amstel.

ENGLISH
Amsterdam is the capital and largest municipality of the Netherlands. The city is located in the province of North Holland on the rivers Amstel and Lake Ey. The population of the municipality is about 918,000 and the city is about 896,000 (2023). The city is administratively divided into seven city districts which are further subdivided into villages.
Amsterdam takes its name from the construction of a dam built in the 13th century in the Amstel.

DUTCH
Amsterdam is de hoofdstad en de grootste gemeente van Nederland. De stad ligt in de provincie Noord-Holland, aan de rivier de Amstel en het IJ. De gemeente telt ongeveer 918.000 inwoners en de stad zelf ongeveer 896.000 (cijfers uit 2023). Bestuurlijk is de stad onderverdeeld in zeven stadsdelen, die weer zijn onderverdeeld in wijken.
Amsterdam dankt zijn naam aan de aanleg van een dam in de Amstel in de 13e eeuw.


The old province of Brabant included what is Now the Dutch province of North Brabant along with the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, and Brabant (South Brabant) with the capital city Brussels.


The illustration is of the 'Fluffy Tailed Tit Babbler' (Macronus ptilosus), a bird from absolutely nowhere near any of that. It lives its life happily unbecomered by gibbering Germanics in the lowland swamp-jungles of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.

The burung rimba pongpong.



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