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Belgium is a small country in Europe, in an area larger than the state of Haryana. It has borders with France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg. It has a population of a little over one crore, about half the population of Haryana. The ethnic composition of this small country is very complex. Of the country’s total population, 59 per cent live in the Flemish region and speak the Dutch language. Another 40 per cent of people live in the Wallonia region and speak French. The remaining one per cent of the Belgians speak German. In the capital city Brussels. 80 per cent of people Speak French While 20 per cent are Dutch-speaking.


59 per cent of the population of the Flemish region speak


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a

Dutch language

b

French language

c

German language

d

English language  

answer is A.

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Fifty-nine per cent of the Flemish region population speak the Dutch language.
Belgium is a federal state of three regions and three communities based on four linguistic regions. The linguistic zones were solidified by the Second Gilson Act, which became operative on August 2, 1963. The Belgian Constitution was amended in 1970 to include the country's division into linguistic regions. The population of Belgium is multilingual. In the Flemish region, 59 per cent of the population speaks Dutch. The remaining 40% are from the Wallonia region and speak French, while the final 1% are German speakers.
 
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