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Walloon language

Walloon (/wɒˈluːn/; natively walon; French: wallon, Belgian French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a Romance language that is spoken in much of Wallonia and, to a very small extent, in Brussels, Belgium; some villages near Givet, northern France; and a clutch of communities in northeastern Wisconsin, United States.

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Dialects
Wisconsin Walloon
Early forms
Vulgar Latin Proto-Romance Old Gallo-Romance Old French · Proto-Romance Old Gallo-Romance Old French · Old Gallo-Romance Old French · Old French
ELP
Walloon
Ethnicity
Walloons
Glottolog
wall1255
ISO 639-1
wa

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Walloon language

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Edges128
Triples52
Avg. degree1.98
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Walloon language

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related to Walloon society and culture · 23
Walloon language → About, Belgium, Breaking, French, French Community, Langue, Laurent Hendschel, Legally, Littérature Wallonne, Manifesto, Many French, Passing, Picard-French, Roman, Since, The Société, The Walloon, There, Union Culturelle Wallonne, Wallonia
Language family · 12
Walloon language → Arpitan–OïlOïlWalloon, Gallo-Iberian?Gallo-RomanceGallo-Rhaetian?Arpitan–OïlOïlWalloon, Gallo-Rhaetian?Arpitan–OïlOïlWalloon, Gallo-RomanceGallo-Rhaetian?Arpitan–OïlOïlWalloon, ItalicLatino-FaliscanLatinRomanceItalo-WesternWestern RomanceGallo-Iberian?Gallo-RomanceGallo-Rhaetian?Arpitan–OïlOïlWalloon, Italo-WesternWestern RomanceGallo-Iberian?Gallo-RomanceGallo-Rhaetian?Arpitan–OïlOïlWalloon, Latino-FaliscanLatinRomanceItalo-WesternWestern RomanceGallo-Iberian?Gallo-RomanceGallo-Rhaetian?Arpitan–OïlOïlWalloon, LatinRomanceItalo-WesternWestern RomanceGallo-Iberian?Gallo-RomanceGallo-Rhaetian?Arpitan–OïlOïlWalloon, OïlWalloon, RomanceItalo-WesternWestern RomanceGallo-Iberian?Gallo-RomanceGallo-Rhaetian?Arpitan–OïlOïlWalloon, Walloon, Western RomanceGallo-Iberian?Gallo-RomanceGallo-Rhaetian?Arpitan–OïlOïlWalloon
Early forms · 4
Walloon language → Old French, Old Gallo-Romance Old French, Proto-Romance Old Gallo-Romance Old French, Vulgar Latin Proto-Romance Old Gallo-Romance Old French
Dialects · 1
Walloon language → Wisconsin Walloon
ELP · 1
Walloon language → Walloon
Ethnicity · 1
Walloon language → Walloons
Glottolog · 1
Walloon language → wall1255
ISO 639-1 · 1
Walloon language → wa
ISO 639-2 · 1
Walloon language → wln
ISO 639-3 · 1
Walloon language → wln

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Important terminology

walloon language french wallonia languages century spoken since dialects belgium regional people dialect de also latin liège france literature walon

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Walloon languageDialectsWisconsin Walloon1.00infobox
Walloon languageEarly formsVulgar Latin Proto-Romance Old Gallo-Romance Old French1.00infobox
Walloon languageEarly formsProto-Romance Old Gallo-Romance Old French1.00infobox
Walloon languageEarly formsOld Gallo-Romance Old French1.00infobox
Walloon languageEarly formsOld French1.00infobox
Walloon languageELPWalloon1.00infobox
Walloon languageEthnicityWalloons1.00infobox
Walloon languageGlottologwall12551.00infobox
Walloon languageISO 639-1wa1.00infobox
Walloon languageISO 639-2wln1.00infobox
Walloon languageISO 639-3wln1.00infobox
Walloon languageLanguage familyItalicLatino-FaliscanLatinRomanceItalo-WesternWestern RomanceGallo-Iberian?Gallo-RomanceGallo-Rhaetian?Arpitan–OïlOïlWalloon1.00infobox
Walloon languageLanguage familyLatino-FaliscanLatinRomanceItalo-WesternWestern RomanceGallo-Iberian?Gallo-RomanceGallo-Rhaetian?Arpitan–OïlOïlWalloon1.00infobox
Walloon languageLanguage familyLatinRomanceItalo-WesternWestern RomanceGallo-Iberian?Gallo-RomanceGallo-Rhaetian?Arpitan–OïlOïlWalloon1.00infobox
Walloon languageLanguage familyRomanceItalo-WesternWestern RomanceGallo-Iberian?Gallo-RomanceGallo-Rhaetian?Arpitan–OïlOïlWalloon1.00infobox
Walloon languageLanguage familyItalo-WesternWestern RomanceGallo-Iberian?Gallo-RomanceGallo-Rhaetian?Arpitan–OïlOïlWalloon1.00infobox
Walloon languageLanguage familyWestern RomanceGallo-Iberian?Gallo-RomanceGallo-Rhaetian?Arpitan–OïlOïlWalloon1.00infobox
Walloon languageLanguage familyGallo-Iberian?Gallo-RomanceGallo-Rhaetian?Arpitan–OïlOïlWalloon1.00infobox
Walloon languageLanguage familyGallo-RomanceGallo-Rhaetian?Arpitan–OïlOïlWalloon1.00infobox
Walloon languageLanguage familyGallo-Rhaetian?Arpitan–OïlOïlWalloon1.00infobox
Walloon languageLanguage familyArpitan–OïlOïlWalloon1.00infobox
Walloon languageLanguage familyOïlWalloon1.00infobox
Walloon languageLanguage familyWalloon1.00infobox
Walloon languageLinguasphere51-AAA-hf1.00infobox
Walloon languageNative speakers600,000 people have some knowledge of it (2007) Possibly only 300,000 active speakers in rural Wallonia[citation needed]1.00infobox
Walloon languageNative toBelgium, France1.00infobox
Walloon languageRecognised minority language inFrench Community of Belgium1.00infobox
Walloon languageRegionWallonia, Ardennes, minority in Door County, Wisconsin (United States)1.00infobox
Walloon languageWriting systemLatin (Walloon orthography)1.00infobox

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