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  2. Walloons - Wikipedia

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    Walloons (/ wɒˈluːnz /; French: Wallons [walɔ̃] ⓘ; Walloon: Walons) are a Gallo-Romance [6][7] 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.

  3. Walloon language - Wikipedia

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    Walloon (/ w ɒ ˈ l uː n /; natively walon; French: wallon) is a Romance language that is spoken in much of Wallonia and, to a very small extent, in Brussels, Belgium; some villages near Givet, northern France; and a clutch of communities in northeastern Wisconsin, United States. [4]

  4. Fleming and Walloon, members of the two predominant cultural and linguistic groups of modern Belgium. The Flemings, who constitute more than half of the Belgian population, speak Dutch (sometimes called Netherlandic), or Belgian Dutch (also called Flemish by English-speakers), and live mainly in.

  5. Walloon | people | Britannica

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    Walloon, members of the two predominant cultural and linguistic groups of modern Belgium. The Flemings, who constitute more than half of the Belgian population, speak Dutch (sometimes called Netherlandic), or Belgian Dutch (also called Flemish by English-speakers), and live mainly in the north and west.…. Read More.

  6. Wallonia - Wikipedia

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    Wallonia (/ w ɒ ˈ l oʊ n i ə / wol-OH-nee-ə; French: Wallonie; Walloon: Waloneye or Walonreye), [a] officially the Walloon Region (French: Région wallonne; Walloon: Redjon walone), [b] is one of the three regions of Belgiumalong with Flanders and Brussels. [5]

  7. Walloon language and alphabet - Omniglot

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    Walloon is a Romance language spoken mainly in Wallonia (southern Belgium) and Brussels. It is also spoken in parts of northern France, Luxembourg and in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. In 2007 there were about 600,000 speakers of Walloon.

  8. Walloons - Encyclopedia.com

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    Walloon is a Gallo-Romance dialect of the Indo-European Language Family. Being so close to the dialect border, Walloon shares certain sounds and Structures with Germanic dialects, but the base of the language is Romance.

  9. walloon - Ministère de la Culture

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    The walloon (self-winding: walon /wa.ˈlɔ/) is an oïl language spoken in Belgium, France and, very residual, in the northeastern part of the American state of Wisconsin.

  10. Walloon literature | History, Language & Culture | Britannica

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    Walloon literature, the body of written works produced by Belgians in the local dialects of French and Latin origin known as Walloon, which is spoken in the modern Belgian provinces of Hainaut, Liège, Namur, Luxembourg, and Walloon Brabant.

  11. Who are the Walloons – and why are they blocking ... - The...

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    This is the world where the former Socialist mayor of Liège, André Cools, could be murdered in an obscure gangland killing in 1991, and where Marc Dutroux could commit...