Walloon language

E22793
Oïl language Romance language regional language

Walloon language is a regional Romance language spoken primarily in southern Belgium, particularly in Wallonia, with its own distinct phonology and vocabulary separate from standard French.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Walloon 26
Walloon language canonical 15
Central Walloon 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Oïl language ⓘ
Romance language ⓘ
regional language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Walloon language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Champenois language

French ⓘ
surface form: French language

Lorrain language ⓘ
Picard language ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Belgium ⓘ
derivedFrom Vulgar Latin ⓘ
developedFrom Gallo-Romance dialects ⓘ
endangeredStatus definitely endangered ⓘ
family Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
glottocode wall1254 ⓘ
hasDialect Walloon language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Central Walloon

Eastern Walloon ⓘ
Southern Walloon ⓘ
Western Walloon ⓘ
hasDistinctPhonologyFrom French ⓘ
surface form: French language
hasDistinctVocabularyFrom French ⓘ
surface form: French language
hasFeature distinct vowel system compared to French ⓘ
lexical items of Germanic origin ⓘ
palatalization of certain consonants ⓘ
rich system of diminutives ⓘ
use of clitic pronouns ⓘ
hasStatus minority language ⓘ
regional language in Belgium ⓘ
ISO639-1Code wa ⓘ
ISO639-3Code wln ⓘ
languageRegulator Union culturelle wallonne ⓘ
recognizedBy French Community of Belgium as part of regional languages ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Wallonia ⓘ
spokenIn Belgium ⓘ
Brussels (minority) ⓘ
Hainaut ⓘ
surface form: Hainaut Province

Province of Liège ⓘ
surface form: Liège Province

Luxembourg region ⓘ
surface form: Luxembourg Province (Belgium)

Namur Province ⓘ
Wallonia ⓘ
parts of northern France ⓘ
some immigrant communities in Canada ⓘ
some immigrant communities in the United States ⓘ
Wallonia ⓘ
surface form: southern Belgium
subfamily Romance languages ⓘ
subgroup Gallo-Romance languages ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
surface form: Oïl languages
usedIn Walloon theatre ⓘ
folk songs in Wallonia ⓘ
traditional Walloon literature ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Romance languages → includeLanguage → Walloon language ⓘ
Bastogne → regionLanguage → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
Belgian Americans → language → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
Belgian Americans → ethnicOrigin → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
Wallonia → regionalLanguage → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
Walloon language → closelyRelatedTo → Walloon language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Champenois language
Walloon language → hasDialect → Walloon language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Walloon
Gallo-Romance languages → hasPart → Walloon language ⓘ
Guido de Brès → ethnicGroup → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
Charles Rogier → ethnicGroup → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
Walloon diaspora → hasLanguage → Walloon language ⓘ
Belgian French → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
Belgian French → hasRegionalVariant → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon French
Philip Delano → ethnicOrigin → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
Champenois → hasDialectContinuumWith → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
Champenois → closelyRelatedTo → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
Champenois → hasNeighboringVariety → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
Lorrain → closelyRelatedTo → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
Western Romance → includesLanguage → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
Picard language → closelyRelatedTo → Walloon language ⓘ
Walloon theatre → usesLanguage → Walloon language ⓘ
Eastern Walloon → partOf → Walloon language ⓘ
Eastern Walloon → subdivisionOf → Walloon language ⓘ
Eastern Walloon → belongsTo → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon dialect continuum
Southern Walloon → partOf → Walloon language ⓘ
Southern Walloon → subdivisionOf → Walloon language ⓘ
Southern Walloon → isDialectOf → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
Union culturelle wallonne → fieldOfWork → Walloon language ⓘ
Union culturelle wallonne → languageOfWork → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
Liège → otherCommonLanguage → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
Liège Revolution → languageOfContext → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
Italo-Western Romance languages → includesLanguage → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
Champenois language → closelyRelatedTo → Walloon language ⓘ
Lorrain language → closelyRelatedTo → Walloon language ⓘ
Burgundian (Oïl) language → closelyRelatedTo → Walloon language ⓘ
Euroregion Meuse-Rhine → language → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
Amel → hasMinorityLanguage → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
Limbourg → localLanguage → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
northeastern France → hasRegionalLanguage → Walloon language ⓘ
subject surface form: Northeastern France
this entity surface form: Walloon
Limburg an der Vesdre → localLanguage → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
Ardennes region → languageRegion → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
French-Belgian border region → hasLanguageContact → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
Picard → sharesFeatureWith → Walloon language ⓘ
Rocourt → hasLanguage → Walloon language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon
Oïl languages → hasPart → Walloon language ⓘ