Walloon language
Walloon (ISO 639-3 code wln) is a language of the Indo-European family spoken in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg. It has about 600,000 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as threatened.
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | wln |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | wall1255 |
| Family | Indo-European |
| Area | Eurasia |
| Countries | Belgium, France, Luxembourg |
| Speakers (estimate) | 600,000 |
| Endangerment | Threatened (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available) |
Walloon words
- abaguer
- aberweter
- acroere
- adjinçna
- amon
- apontyî
- araegne
- aroke
- aschoûter
- barakî
- bodje
- carote
- cawete
- clé
- copete
- crole
- crolé
- crosse
- cåzaedje
- dins
- dischinde
- dispierter
- divant
- djin
Related languages
Other Indo-European languages, nearest first.
- Spanish560,000,000 speakers
- French310,000,000 speakers
- Portuguese264,000,000 speakers
- German135,000,000 speakers
- Italian68,000,000 speakers
- Dutch30,000,000 speakers
- Catalan9,000,000 speakers
- Eastern Yiddish1,200,000 speakers
- Vlax Romani885,970 speakers
- Balkan Romani611,800 speakers
- Carpathian Romani472,470 speakers
- Sinte Romani318,920 speakers
More about Walloon
- Glottolog: classification and references
- Endangered Languages Project: vitality and resources
- Wikipedia article
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.