Wal·loon
Wal·loon/wäˈlo͞on,wəˈlo͞on/
noun
- a member of a people who speak a French dialect and live in southern and eastern Belgium and neighboring parts of France.
- the French dialect spoken by the Walloons.
adjective
relating to the Walloons or their language.
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Why are Belgians called Walloons?
The term Walloon is derived from *walha, a Proto-Germanic term used to refer to Celtic and Latin speakers. Walloon originated in Romance languages alongside other related terms, but it supplanted them.
How is Walloon different from French?
Spoken Walloon sounds similar to French in terms of its pronunciation, and the two languages have some vocabulary in common. Despite these similarities, Walloon and standard French are not mutually intelligible. The Walloon language is considered a minority language; most speakers are over 60.
What is the difference between Huguenots and Walloons?
The French-speaking Protestants who fled from religious persecution and civil war on the continent are all loosely referred to as Huguenots, however this term properly refers to only those from France, and not to the Walloons from the Low Countries.
What is the difference between Flanders and Wallonia?
Wallonia is considered to be left-wing politically, in contrast to Flanders, which is more right-wing. The region has been described as one of the few places in Europe without a significant right-wing populism presence.
Walloons are a Gallo-Romance ethnic group native to Wallonia and the immediate adjacent regions of Flanders, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands ...
Walloon is a Romance language that is spoken in much of Wallonia and, to a very small extent, in Brussels, Belgium; some villages near Givet, ...
Walloons
Ethnic group
Walloons are a Gallo-Romance ethnic group native to Wallonia and the immediate adjacent regions of Flanders, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Walloons primarily speak langues d'oïl such as Belgian French, Picard and Walloon. Wikipedia
Languages spoken: French, German language, Dutch language, and more
Belgium: 3,240,000
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United States: Indeterminable; (352,630 Belgians)
1. a member of a people of southern and southeastern Belgium and adjacent parts of France 2. a French dialect of the Walloons.
Noun · An inhabitant of Wallonia, of Belgian nationality, nowadays generally French-speaking, but also possibly German-speaking.
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Dec 3, 2024 · The Walloons, who make up about one-third of the Belgian population, speak dialects of French and live chiefly in the south and east. The ...
There are 3.4 million French-speakers known as Walloons in southern Belgium. Around 80 per cent of the 1 million population of Brussels have French as their ...
a French-speaking people, collectively called Walloons (approximately one-third of the total population), who are concentrated in the five southern provinces.
