American, Australian, Canadian, Brazilian and Swiss are not languages). Using the term Flemish for the official language in Flanders is therefore not correct: the official language in Flanders is (standard) Dutch.ap showing the dialects spoken in the Benelux: many people in Flanders speak a dialect and the common Flemish, and understand spoken Dutch; in writing, the dialects are hardly used, while Flemish and Dutch are nearly identical in this regard. Belgian Dutch (Belgisch-Nederlands [ËbÉlÉ£is ËneËdÉrlÉnts].
Representative - The other type of democracy is a representative democracy. This is where the people elect representatives to run the government. Another name for this type of democracy is a democratic republic. The United States is a representative democracy.
A democracy is a type of political system, or a system of decision-making within an institution, or organization, in which all members have the equal share to power. Systems of democracy stand in contrast to other forms of government, including monarchy and oligarchy. Democracy can be traced back from the present day to classical Athens and Greeks in the 6th century B.C.E. In a modern representative democracy, this formal equality is embodied primarily in the right to vote.