ABSTRACT
In Belgium, Flemish, a variant of Dutch, is spoken mainly north of a line running just south of the (bilingual) capital, Brussels. French is spoken mainly in the south, whose inhabitants are known as Walloons. French used to be dominant; but the Walloons are outnumbered, and economic power has shifted to the Flemish north. Since the 1970s a series of constitutional changes have made Belgium a loose federation, but some Flemings still voice separatist aims.
