Western Walloon

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Western Walloon is a major regional variety of the Walloon language spoken primarily in western parts of Wallonia in Belgium, distinguished by its own phonological and lexical features.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Romance lect
regional variety of the Walloon language
belongsToDialectGroup western group of Walloon dialects
distinguishedBy own lexical features
own phonological features
distinguishedFrom Central Walloon NERFINISHED
Eastern Walloon NERFINISHED
Southern Walloon NERFINISHED
endangeredStatus declining intergenerational transmission
glottologClassification wall1258 (Walloon) NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Wallon d’ouest (French designation) NERFINISHED
western Walloon dialects
hasCulturalAssociation local oral traditions in western Wallonia
regional identity in western Wallonia
hasDialectContinuumRelation contact with French
transitional features toward Picard
hasLexicalFeature lexicon distinct from Central Walloon
lexicon distinct from Eastern Walloon
regional vocabulary specific to western Wallonia
hasLinguisticResearchOn lexicon
morphosyntax
phonology
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant realizations distinct from other Walloon varieties
distinct phonology compared to Central Walloon
specific vowel system differing from Eastern Walloon
hasVarietyWithin local subdialects around Charleroi (western area)
local subdialects around Mons
local subdialects around Tournai
influencedBy Standard French NERFINISHED
influences local French regionalisms in western Wallonia
isMajorVarietyOf Walloon language NERFINISHED
ISO639_3Code wln (shared with Walloon as a whole)
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Romance languages
partOf Oïl language continuum
sociolinguisticStatus regional minority variety in Belgium
spokenIn Belgium NERFINISHED
spokenInCountrySubdivision Hainaut Province NERFINISHED
Namur Province (western part) NERFINISHED
Walloon Brabant (western part) NERFINISHED
spokenInRegion Wallonia NERFINISHED
western Wallonia NERFINISHED
subdivisionOf Walloon language NERFINISHED
usedAs regional spoken language
usedWithOrthography Feller system (adapted) NERFINISHED
Rifondou walon (adapted)
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Eastern Walloon closelyRelatedTo Western Walloon
Southern Walloon closelyRelatedTo Western Walloon