Belgian French

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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.

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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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French hasDialects Belgian French