Brabantic (Brabantian) language is a dialect group of the Dutch language, named after historic region of Brabant: its territory is divided today into North Brabant province (the Netherlands) and Antwerp and Flemish Brabant (Belgium). Therefore, Brabantic language can be roughly divided into 3 parts: West Brabantian, East Brabantian and South Brabantian. Brabantic dialect is in some sense one of the founding dialects of the Dutch language.