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Picard (ch'ti or ch'timi)
Native to: France, Belgium
Native speakers: c. 700,000 (2008)
Language family: Indo-European (Romance)

is a langue d'oïl of the Romance language family spoken in the northernmost part of France and southern Belgium. Administratively, this area is divided between the French Hauts-de-France region and the Belgian Wallonia along the border between both countries due to its traditional core being the districts of Tournai and Mons (Walloon Picardy).

Picard is referred to by different names as residents of Picardy simply call it Picard, but it is more commonly known as ch'ti or ch'timi in the more populated Nord-Pas-de-Calais (Romance Flanders around the metropolis of Lille and Douai, and northeast Artois around Béthune and Lens). It is also named Rouchi around Valenciennes, Roubaignot around Roubaix, or simply patois in general.

As of 2008, Picard native speakers amount to 700,000 individuals, the vast majority of which are elderly people (aged 65 and over). Since its daily use had drastically declined, Picard was declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) a "seriously endangered language".

Belgium's French Community gave full official recognition to Picard as a regional language along with Walloon, Gaumais (Lorraine), Champenois (Champagne) and Lorraine German in its 1990 decree. The French government has not followed suit and has not recognized Picard as an official regional language (in line with its policy of linguistic unity, which allows for only one official language in France), but some reports have recognized Picard as a language distinct from French.

LINKS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picard_language
https://www.lavoixduchti.com/
https://www.jackymatte.com
[email protected]
https://atlas.limsi.fr/
https://omniglot.com/writing/picard.htm
http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/3276
https://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Picard_language
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-french-language-studies/article/abs/picard-a-mal-aime-among-regional-languages/59FD73A16FCE60B39A5C2DA9AE74FC7E
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/PCD

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