Ka cika wannan jumla: A tarihi Brussels tana da harshen Dutch, ta yin amfani da yaren Brabantian, amma a cikin ƙarni biyu da suka gabata Faransanci ya zama harshen da ya fi rinjaye a birnin. Babban dalilin wannan sauyin shi ne saurin shigar da mazaunan Flemish na gida, wanda ya karu da shige da fice daga Faransa da Wallonia. Hawan Faransanci a rayuwar jama'a ya fara sannu a hankali a ƙarshen karni na 18, yana hanzarta hanzari bayan
'Yancin kai na Belgium. Yaren Dutch <unk> wanda daidaitawa a Belgium har yanzu yana da rauni sosai <unk> ba zai iya yin gasa da Faransanci ba, wanda shine harshen da ke da hukunci, gwamnati, sojojin, ilimi, rayuwar al'adu da kafofin watsa labaru, don haka ya zama dole don motsi na zamantakewa. Daraja da darajar harshen Faransanci an yarda da su a duniya har zuwa cewa bayan 1880, kuma musamman bayan karni na 20, ƙwarewar Faransanci a tsakanin masu magana da harshen Dutch a Brussels ya karu sosai.