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Aksjuh
Commiethee tur Bevordring van 't West Vlams (Action Committee for the
Promotion of West-Flemish; loads of information and texts in West Flemish -
including a spelling system for the language)
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Belgian
languages and dialects (impressive site about Dutch, French, German,
Luxemburgish (Lëtzebuergesh) and Yiddish as used in Belgium, so
including West and French Flemish)
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Background
info (brief information about Zeelandic in general, the
‘renaissance’ of the language and the situation in West and French
Flanders)
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Bolussen
(thé regional treat from Zeeland - order them on-line and get them
delivered within 24 hours!)
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Bruus
(Bruus is the language of Bru [Bruinisse], a village of fishermen on the
former isle of Duiveland)
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De Vrije
Domburger (an impressive site dedicated to the infamous seaside resort
of Domburg - includes an mp3-file with 28 seconds of Domburgs, a dialect of
Zeelandic)
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Du Driefstang
(most texts of this hardcore rock band are in Zeelandic)
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Dunkirk carnaval
(Flemish died out in Dunkirk earlier this century - though it can still be
heard in some outskirts of the city. But the local French has loads of
Flemish loans; these can also be heard in the songs that are sung at the
famous Dunkirk carnival)
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NEW! Erkenning
van het Zeeuws als regionale taal [Recognition of Zeelandic as a
Regional Language] (part of the Stichting
Cultureel Erfgoed Zeeland site below)
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Le
carnaval de Dunkerque (carnival in Dunkirk! -- an impressive list of
words from the half French, half Flemish, half parler dunkerquois)
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French
Flanders (a highschool from Poperinge, Belgium, participated in a
project about regional language and crossed the border to France - at this
site you’ll find information about the language in French Flanders,
interviews with a poet, a musician and the producer of a theatrical company;
all interviews come with audiofiles)
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La maison du Néerlandais
de Bailleul (the local ‘Holland House’ of this French border town;
not much attention to the regional language though)
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Maillieste
(an e-mail list that regularly sends texts in Zeelandic to subscribers)
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Michiel de
Swaen Kring (a cultural organization in French Flanders named after a
well-known Dutch 17th century poet from Dunkirk)
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n8chtwerk (the most
popular Zeelandic rock band, formerly known as Surrender)
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De nieuwe
Winkler - 81 dialectvertalingen vvan de gelijkenis van de verloren zoon
[The New Winkler: 81 dialect translations of the Parable of the Prodigal
Son] (the same biblical text in Dutch, Frisian, Limburgish, Low Saxon, and
Zeelandic - in Dutch and English)
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Noe
(the only magazine in Zeelandic - poems, short-stories and articles from
every issue since the start of the magazine in 1998 can be found on-line)
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Peter Dieleman
(one of the most popular Zeelandic artists, often referred to as
‘Zeelandic troubadour’)
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Pier
Boudens (poems in Zeelandic from the early 1900s from one of the lesser
known writers)
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Provinciale
Zeeuwse Courant (a.k.a. PZC; this regional Zeeland newspaper has an
on-line archive - all articles in the streektaal (regional language)-
series on Zeelandic are included)
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Recognition
(the text of the report that is sent to the Netherlands government to
convince it that Zeelandic deserves official recognition as a regional
language)
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Reuzekoor
(a choir from Dunkirk that performs traditional Flemish songs, but they also
issue a magazine with texts in French Flemish - they also published a course
de flamand of which a few lessons can be found on-line)
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Schoolproject
(some 20 highschools from West Flanders participated in this project about
dialects and regional languages - every school presented their findings on
internet; all sites can be found on this map)
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Schriefwiezer
(an othography for dialects of Zeelandic as it is used in most publications
in Zeelandic)
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Stichting Cultureel Erfgoed
Zeeland (SCEZ) [Zeeland Cultural Heritage Foundation] (in Dutch -- )
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Wilde
Mossels (the homepage of an award-winning movie, predominantly shot in
Zeelandic and issued throughout The Netherlands and Flanders late 2000 -
watch and listen to the trailer and see what the director has to say about
Zeelandic)
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Woordenboek
van de Vlaamse Dialecten (Dictionary of Flemish Dialects, a project of
the University of Ghent)
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Zeeuws
- offline materiaal [Zeelandic: Offline material (a bibliography
compiled by Mathieu van Woerkom)
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Zeeuwsche
Vereeniging voor Dialectonderzoek (homepage of this well-established
dialect society - makers of the Zeelandic dictionary ‘Woordenboek der
Zeeuwse Dialecten’ and the cd-rom version of that dictionary that contains
more than 2000 spoken words, expressions and sentences)
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Zeêuwse
streektaelmuziek (all artists who perform in Zeelandic are listed here -
includes pictures and some soundfiles))
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Zeêuwse
woorden (a collection of words in Zeelandic)
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