Picard
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A language spoken in parts of northern France and Belgium and different from standard French
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picardo
- The Picard language is spoken in northern France.
Examples
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Some villages in Belgium still use Picard in daily conversation.
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Many traditional stories from northern France are told in Picard.
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Linguists study Picard to understand the diversity of Romance languages in Europe.
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Are you familiar with the Picard dialect?
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Many traditional stories from northern France are told in Picard.
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Some villages in Belgium still use Picard in daily conversation.
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Linguists study Picard to understand the diversity of Romance languages in Europe.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Picard for the language takes its name from the area Picardy, where people spoke this local form of speech. So Picard is the name of a language related to French and named after that region.
