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Alexander Mikhailian

Alexander Mikhailian

Dutch is loosing to English as the second most used language in Brussels region

I came across some interesting stats while advertising on Facebook. People living in Brussels Capital +20km use the following three languages:

French   780 000
Dutch    240 000
English  240 000

Looks like Dutch is being phased out by English.

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