Walloon
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A form of French spoken mainly in southern Belgium and northern France
- noun
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valón
- In southern Belgium, many people prefer to converse in Walloon rather than standard French.
Examples
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How did you communicate with these kids who speak Walloon, who speak Flemish, who speak, uh, sort of a dialect of French? -
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He learned to speak Walloon at a local language school in Belgium.
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The festival featured traditional music performed in Walloon, celebrating the region's cultural heritage.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Walloon for the language comes from the same old root Walh, which meant 'foreigner' or people who spoke 'Latin' or 'French'. The root named Wallonia, so Walloon means the local French-like dialect spoken in that region.