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Walloons

Walloons
Ethnic group
GroupWalloons
Population date5.16 million total, 4.19 million in Belgium

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Walloons (-enwɑːˈluːnz; , -frwalɔ̃IPA; ) are a French-speaking people who live in Belgium, principally in Wallonia. Walloons are a distinctive community within Belgium, important historical and anthropological criteria (religion, language, traditions, folklore) bind Walloons to the French people. More generally, the term also refers to the inhabitants of the Walloon Region. They speak regional languages such as Walloon (with Picard in the West and Lorrain in the South).


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