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.

Aliases (4)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Oïl language → Romance language → regional language →
closelyRelatedTo	Champenois language → French language → Lorrain language → Picard language →
countryOfOrigin	Belgium →
derivedFrom	Vulgar Latin →
developedFrom	Gallo-Romance dialects →
endangeredStatus	definitely endangered →
family	Indo-European languages →
glottocode	wall1254 →
hasDialect	Central Walloon → Eastern Walloon → Southern Walloon → Western Walloon →
hasDistinctPhonologyFrom	French language →
hasDistinctVocabularyFrom	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 Province → Liège Province → Luxembourg Province (Belgium) → Namur Province → Wallonia → parts of northern France → some immigrant communities in Canada → some immigrant communities in the United States → southern Belgium →
subfamily	Romance languages →
subgroup	Gallo-Romance languages → Oïl languages →
usedIn	Walloon theatre → folk songs in Wallonia → traditional Walloon literature →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Charles Rogier ("Walloon") → Guido de Brès ("Walloon") →	ethnicGroup
Walloon language ("Champenois language") →	closelyRelatedTo
Belgian Americans ("Walloon") →	ethnicOrigin
Walloon language ("Central Walloon") →	hasDialect
Walloon diaspora →	hasLanguage
Belgian French ("Walloon") →	hasLexicalInfluenceFrom
Gallo-Romance languages →	hasPart
Belgian French ("Walloon French") →	hasRegionalVariant
Romance languages →	includeLanguage
Belgian Americans ("Walloon") →	language
Wallonia ("Walloon") →	regionalLanguage
Bastogne ("Walloon") →	regionLanguage