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Walloon was the predominant language of the Walloon people until the beginning of the 20th century, although they had a passing knowledge of French. Since that time, the use of French has spread to the extent that now only 15% of the Walloon population speak their ancestral language.
The Walloon language, widespread in use up until the Second World War, has been dying out of common use due in part to its prohibition by the public school system, in favor of French. Starting from the end of the 19th century, the Walloon Movement , aiming to assert the identity of Walloons as French-speaking (rather than Walloon speaking ...
The Walloon language, spoken in the provinces bearing this name, differs significantly from the Flemish spoken in the other provinces. The ancient French language emerged from the ruins of Latin under Charlemagne and was spoken in both France and the Walloon provinces in the centuries following his reign. This old language was called Romance or ...
The Walloon Movement traces its ancestry to 1856 when literary and folkloric movements based around the Society of Walloon language and literature [] began forming. Despite the formation of the Society of Walloon Literature, it was not until around 1880 that a "Walloon and French-speaking defense movement" appeared, following the linguistic laws of the 1870s.
Literature is written principally in French but also in Walloon and other regional languages, colloquially called Walloon literature. Walloon literature (regional language not French) has been printed since the 16th century. But it did have its golden age, paradoxically, during the peak of the Flemish immigration to Wallonia in the 19th century ...
From this time forward, writing in Wallonia underwent "cycles of purification", moving progressively closer and closer to the standard of the French language. [6] Even as the literature of Wallonia became almost entirely French through the 14th and 15th centuries, some Walloon words could still be found in local writing.
The regional varieties of French are not necessarily the Walloon dialect but Philip Mosley wrote: . Walloon dialect has carried neither official status as a language in administrative, ecclesiastical, or political affairs, nor sufficient weight to act as a popular and influential vehicle for the expression of Walloon cultural identity.
The Walloon Movement (French: Mouvement wallon) is an umbrella term for all Belgium political movements that either assert the existence of a Walloon identity and of Wallonia and/or defend French culture and language within Belgium, either within the framework of the 1830 Deal or either defending the linguistic rights of French-speakers. [1]