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Valonca
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Romance language indigenous to Belgium and France
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Walloon is a Romance language spoken primarily in the Wallonia region of Belgium and parts of France. It matters as a distinctive linguistic heritage that represents the cultural identity of Walloon-speaking communities in Western Europe.
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- Instance of
- modern language
- Subclass of
- Oïl
- Part of
- languages of Belgium
- Country
- United States
- Image
- Wa andjes d' avår ci.jpg
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- Wikimedia language code
- wa
- writing system
- Latin script
- Commons category
- Walloon language
- topic's main category
- Category:Walloon language
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 600000
- linguistic typology
- fusional language
- native label
- walon
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- indigenous to
- Wisconsin
- P10369
- television
- P11012
- Blaise Pascal
- different from
- Picard
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