“Ce n’est pas un dialecte du français” : la langue wallonne ressurgit de l’oubli

Parlé par 80 % des habitants de la Wallonie dans les années 1920, le wallon a dramatiquement régressé, cantonné aux campagnes de cette région de Belgique… et à quelques poches dans l’État américain du Wisconsin. Ces derniers temps, les efforts se multiplient pour éviter sa disparition.

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Voilà qu'après le Brussels Times, De Standaard se fend d'un excellent article sur la langue wallonne ! 🤯

Et toujours aucun signe de réveil de la part des grands médias belges francophones. Vont-il enfin s'emparer du sujet, ou les prochains articles de qualité émaneront de @lemonde ou de @letemps ?

https://www.standaard.be/media-en-cultuur/de-waalse-taal-is-met-uitsterven-bedreigd-we-weten-in-wallonie-meer-over-napoleon-dan-over-onze-eigen-taal/82196231.html

#Belgique #Belgium #Wallonie #walloon #wallon #patrimoine #culture #linguistique #dialect

#Russian #hacker collective #NoName has attacked some major #Belgian #websites. These include #MyGov.be (citizen access to official documents) and the platform of the #Walloon #Parliament.

— via VRTNWS, article in Dutch

https://vrtnws.be/p.XEkOwKQ5M

Russische hackers viseren grote Belgische websites, waaronder MyGov.be

VRT NWS: nieuws

6 Nov 1611: Robert Le Maçon/La Fointaine minister of the #French & #Walloon refugee church #London buried in St Anne Blackfriars #otd

He produced a catechism in #French & #English for his congregation and was a diplomat in #European #Calvinist circles (eebo)

22 Oct 1591: Adrian Saravia appointed a prebendary at Gloucester cathedral #otd - a #Walloon exile & translator for the Authorised Verison [King James] #Bible. He did from Genesis to 1Kings, the only non-Anglophone translator (His monument in #Canterbury: julia&keld)
22 Oct 1591: Adrian Saravia appointed a prebendary at Gloucester cathedral #otd - a #Walloon exile & translator for the Authorised Verison [King James] #Bible. He did from Genesis to 1Kings, the only non-Anglophone translator (His monument in #Canterbury: julia&keld)

[EN] Well shit… #Walloon #Blues singer William Dunker passed away. 🙁​

[FR] Ah ben merde, le chanteur de blues wallon William Dunker est mort. 🙁​

https://invidious.0011.lt/watch?v=msZt6ZLQ8nY
https://invidious.0011.lt/watch?v=SxpgkonawwI

William Dunker - Toudis su'l voy ( trop tchaud)

chanson wallon

El_cricko_gaming | Invidious
Curious how falsification of #History prevents us from resorting to past events that explain current events
For decades a unit of Spanish military gained presence in deeds of our ancestors:
"Tercios" In fact majority of its soldiers were not Castilians but #Walloon and #Italian #Mercs
Although Spanish Crown paid good salaries, it always did so late, mainly coz in time of Felipe II, several bankruptcies were declared.Being cynical, Putin seized the cash van,advance of Wagner's mercenaries ended.
15 Jan 1613: d. Adrian Saravia at #Canterbury #otd - a #Walloon exile theologian & translator for the Authorised Verison [King James] #Bible, he did from Genesis to 1 Kings, & was the only non-Anglophone translator (His monument in #Canterbury cathedral: julia&keld)