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.
To be sure, in addition to being a representative democracy, the United States is also a constitutional democracy, in which courts restrain in some measure the democratic will. And the United States is therefore also a constitutional republic.Indeed, the United States might be labeled a constitutional federal representative democracy. But where one word is used, with all the oversimplification that this necessary entails, âdemocracyâ and ârepublicâ both work.nd the United States is therefore also a constitutional republic. Indeed, the United States might be labeled a constitutional federal representative democracy. But where one word is used, with all the oversimplification that this necessary entails, âdemocracyâ and ârepublicâ both work.