Can anyone tell me what language is spoken in Belgium?

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â˜ºMarsupilamiâ˜º

Dutch, French and German
Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe, Belgium's two largest regions are the Dutch-speaking region of Flanders in the north, with 58% of the population, and the French-speaking southern region of Wallonia, inhabited by 32%. The Brussels-Capital Region, although officially bilingual, is a mostly French-speaking enclave within the Flemish Region and near the Walloon Region, and has 10% of the population. A small German-speaking Community exists in eastern Wallonia.

Mopuche

If you mean official languages: 3
Flemish (= Dutch) in the northern part of the country
French in the southern part of the counrty
German in a small part of East Belgium.

Non official languages (about 151) amongst which: Italian, Spanish, English, German, Portuguese, Arabic, Sanskrit, and so on and so on ...

breezybrennan

No single language is spoken in Belgium. Instead you've got three official languages: French, Flemish and German.
You can find out more information by searching on the web, however, I presume you put your question on Yahoo to get information that you couldn't just pick up by using a search engine.
So here it is:
If you are living in the south, i.e. in Wallonie, you need to speak French. Although there are three official languages, that doesn't mean that students are required to learn them all in school. I have a friend from Liege for example who took English as a second lanauge rather than Flemish. And by the way, whatever people tell you, Flemish and Dutch (as languages) are basically the same.
The funny thing about Brussels is that it's in Flanders, but is mainly French speaking and is categorised as a seperate region: 'Brussels Capital'. If you live in Brussels, working for an international organisation such as the European Commission, the Parliament, or any of the multinationals that have offices here, you can actually get by in shops, restaurants, often the workplace, by speaking just English. However, it is nice to make the effort to speak the language of the country you're living in. Yes? Or no? Brussels is officially bilingual, and you'll often be told off for speaking the wrong language to the wrong person e.g. don't speak French to a Fleming - normally they don't like speaking the language of the former oppressors! Speaking English is at times prefferable to French. If you do the opposite, i.e. speak Flemish to a Francophone, they won't be annoyed, they just probably won't understand you. However, having said all that, you do find those Bruxellois (citizens of Brussels) who are totally bilingual - Jacques Brel for example - and are equally comfortable speaking in either French or Dutch.
If you live in a place like Antwerp, and you don't speak Flemish, then best speak English. The 'Antwerpers' are very proud of their city and at times this borders on arrogance (ask any Belgian!) - this extends to fellow Belgians, even fellow Belgians from other parts of Flanders, e.g. Gent, Bruges, etc.
Germany is only spoken by a very small percentage of the population - in fact, after 5 years of living here, I've yet to meet a German speaking Belgian.
In short - your simple question has a complex answer. And I've only scratched the surface. For such a small country, it's terribly complicated...!

el_matador_74

Dutch (official) 60%,
French (official) 40%,
German (official) less than 1%,
legally bilingual (Dutch and French)

Check this out:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/be.html

hadi