Picard

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Hauts-de-France region: Abbeville, Amiens, Arras, Beauvais, Boulogne sur Mer, Calais (except Dunkerque district), Cambrai, Douai, Lille, Saint Quentin, and Valenciennes; Normandy region: near Dieppe, Picardie border.

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Language NamePicard

User Population

200,000 in Belgium (Salminen 2007).

Location

Hainaut province: Ath, Mons, Soignies, and Tournai municipalities.

Alternate Names

Chtimi, Rouchi

Dialects

Belgian Picard.

Language Status

6b (Threatened). Statutory language of provincial identity in western Hinaut Province (1990, Valmy Feaux Decree of 14 Dec).

Language Use

The Belgian government recognizes Picard officially as an indigenous regional language. Recognized by the European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages. Some reports by the French government consider it a separate language from French [fra]. Home, family, friends, community. Some young people, all adults, a few children learn the language (Salminen 2007). Also use French [fra], at school, in court, for administration, and with outsiders.

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