Информация из: “Europe and North Asia” (211-282) . Tapani Salminen (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
Близок к исчезновению
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~600,000
The number of active speakers may actually be closer to 300,000.
РАЗГОВОРНЫЕ ТЕНДЕНЦИИ
ПЕРЕДАЧА
ДОПОЛНИТЕЛЬНАЯ ИНФОРМАЦИЯ О СТАТУСЕ ЯЗЫКА
In Belgium, a number of children learn the language, but many are likely to shift entirely to French.
ДРУГИЕ ЯЗЫКИ, ИСПОЛЬЗУЕМЫЕ ДАННЫМ СООБЩЕСТВОМ СООБЩЕСТВОМ
French
ГЕОГРАФИЯ
Belgium, France
ОПИСАНИЕ РЕГИОНА
In Belgium, Walloon is spoken in the greater part of the province of Liege, in the southern part of the province of Brabant, in the province of Namur, in the northern part of the province of Luxemburg and in the eastern part of the province of Hainaut. In France, it is spoken in the north of the department of Ardennes (town of Givet) by a small number of people, mostly elderly. In Luxembourg, it was formerly spoken in two or three villages (Doncols, Sonlez), where the last speakers died in the 1970s.
Информация из: “World Oral Literature Project” .
Под угрозой
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,120,000
Информация из: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Под угрозой
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,120,000
Speaker number data: (1998), decreasing. Few monolinguals. 320,000 young people (1998). 1,220,000 to 1,920,000 young people can understand it (1998)
ГЕОГРАФИЯ
Belgium; France; Luxembourg;
ОПИСАНИЕ РЕГИОНА
Central Walloon: Namur, Wavre, and Dinant; Eastern Walloon: Liège, Malmedy, Verviers, Huy, and Waremme; Western Walloon: Charleroi, Nivelles, and Philippeville; Southern Walloon: the Ardennes region, Marche, and Neufchâteau
Информация из: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing
Под угрозой
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available