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Preferred term

wlnWalloon  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Walloon (Walon in Walloon) is a Romance language which was spoken as a primary language in large portions (70%) of the Walloon Region of Belgium and some villages of Northern France (near Givet) until the middle of the 20th century. It belongs to the langue d'oïl language family, whose most prominent member is the French language. The historical background of its formation was the territorial extension since 980 of the Principality of Liège to the south and west.

Entry terms

  • Walloon language

ISO 639-1 code

  • wa

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • wln

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • wln

ISO 639-3 code

  • wln

Notation

  • wln

In other languages

  • Wallon

    French

  • wallon
  • Wallonisch

    German

  • Wallonische Sprache
  • vallone

    Italian

  • Lingua vallone
  • valão

    Portuguese

  • Língua valona
  • valón

    Spanish

  • Idioma valón

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/wln

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