Also Known As:
Rouchi, Chtimi
Dialects & Varieties
- Amienois
- Santerre
- Lillois
- Hainaut
- Artois
- Boulonnais
- Ponthieu
- Cambresis
- Vimeu
- Vermandois
- Calaisis
- Belgian Picard
Recent Resources
As linguists scurry to document the estimated 3600 languages that will disappear this century, a spe
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Vulnerable
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~200,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 1
Most adults in the community, and some children, are speakers.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.
Bibliography of Locations:
Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
Bibliography of Context:
Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.