Belgian French
E85772
Belgian French is the regional variety of the French language spoken in Belgium, characterized by distinctive vocabulary, pronunciation, and some grammatical features influenced by local languages and culture.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Romance language variety
ⓘ
regional dialect ⓘ variety of French language ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Oïl languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Oïl language continuum
|
| closelyRelatedTo | Metropolitan French ⓘ |
| differsFrom |
Acadian French
ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian French
Metropolitan France ⓘ
surface form:
Metropolitan French
Swiss French ⓘ |
| hasCode | fr-BE ⓘ |
| hasDifferenceIn |
lexicon
ⓘ
pronunciation ⓘ some usage norms ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
distinctive pronunciation
ⓘ
distinctive vocabulary ⓘ some distinctive grammatical features ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
Dutch
ⓘ
Luxembourgish ⓘ Picard ⓘ Walloon language ⓘ
surface form:
Walloon
|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
distinctive intonation patterns compared to France French
ⓘ
some different vowel realizations from Metropolitan French ⓘ |
| hasRegionalVariant |
Brussels French
ⓘ
Walloon language ⓘ
surface form:
Walloon French
|
| hasSociolinguisticStatus | standard language variety in French-speaking Belgium ⓘ |
| hasVocabularyFeature |
Belgianisms
ⓘ
loanwords from Dutch ⓘ regional terms not used in France ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Belgian culture
ⓘ
local Belgian languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Romance languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
French
ⓘ
surface form:
French language
|
| regulatedBy | Conseil de la langue française et de la politique linguistique (Belgium) ⓘ |
| sharesGrammarWith |
French
ⓘ
surface form:
Standard French
|
| sharesStandardOrthographyWith | Metropolitan French ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Belgium ⓘ |
| standardizedWithin | Francophone Belgian institutions ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
Dutch in Belgium
ⓘ
German in Belgium ⓘ |
| usedAs |
language of culture in French-speaking Belgium
ⓘ
language of daily communication in French-speaking Belgium ⓘ language of government in French-speaking Belgium ⓘ language of justice in French-speaking Belgium ⓘ |
| usedBy | French-speaking Belgians ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Brussels-Capital Region
ⓘ
Wallonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
administration in Belgium
ⓘ
education in French-speaking Belgium ⓘ media in French-speaking Belgium ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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