Picard is a
language closely related to
French, and as such is one of the larger group of
Romance languages. It is spoken in two
regions in the far north of
France –
Nord-Pas-de-Calais and
Picardie – and in parts of the
Belgian region
Wallonia (but is clearly distinct from the
Walloon language).Picard is known by several different names. Residents of Picardie call it picard; but in Nord-Pas-de-Calais its dialects are more commonly known as chti or chtimi, in and around the towns of
Valenciennes and
Lille as rouchi; or simply as
patois by Northerners in general.
Linguists group all of these under the name Picard. Indeed, whether it is called patois, picard, chti or rouchi, it is the same language, and in general the variety spoken in Picardie is understood by speakers in Nord-Pas-de-Calais and vice versa.
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