Language
As in all Flemish provinces, the official and standard language of the Antwerp province is Dutch. Common with Flemish Brabant, North Brabant and Brussels, the local dialect is a Brabantian variety.
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“He had not failed to observe how harmoniously gigantic language and a microscopic topic go together.”
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