Walloon language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Walon |
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| Walloon | |
| Native to | Belgium, France, United States |
| Region | Europe (Walloon Region (federal region), Ardennes), United States (Wisconsin) |
| Native speakers | est. 1,120,000 (1998) (date missing) |
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| Linguasphere | 51-AAA-hf |
Walloon is a Romance language. It belongs to the family of the oïl languages along with French, Picard and Norman.
Walloon is spoken in Wallonia in Belgium and in some villages in Wisconsin in the United States.
It has about 3,400,000 speakers.
Images for kids
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Linguistic map of Wallonia
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An auberge's sign in Crupet
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Bilingual French-Walloon street sign in Fosses-la-Ville
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