Belgian literature
Because Belgium is a multilingual country, Belgian literature is divided into two main linguistic branches following the two most prominently spoken languages in the country - Dutch and French. German is the third language in Belgium and is spoken by a small community of about 70,000 German-speakers of the German-speaking Community of Belgium bordering on Germany.
Dutch in Belgium
Based on differences sources, the number of Dutch speakers in the Brussels-Capital Region can currently be estimated at 5 to 8 percent.
In 2011, on average 7% of the Brussels customers of the largest Brussels telecom operator Belgacom received their invoices in Dutch, 91% in French and 2% in another language. 
The number of Dutch-language invoices turned out to be considerably higher in the northeast of the region than in the southwest (8 to 12% versus 3 to 5%).
Dutch is the official language in Flanders, but there are a number of Flemish municipalities in the Brussels Periphery with a French-speaking majority, which are officially Dutch-speaking with French-language facilities.