Langenesis

Indo-European family

Walloon

c. 1500 CE – today Living

Walloon (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Italic → … → Vulgar Latin → Old French → Walloon.

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Speakers
600K (600,000)
ISO 639-3
wln
Glottocode
wall1255

Langue d'oïl of southern Belgium, attested as distinct in writing from the 16th–17th c. Endangered; most speakers are elderly.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1,500 BCE – 700 BCE
  3. Proto-Latino-Faliscanc. 1,000 BCE – 700 BCE
  4. Old Latinc. 700 BCE – 100 BCE
  5. Latin100 BCE – 300 CE
  6. Vulgar Latin300 CE – 800 CE
  7. Old French800 CE – 1350 CE
  8. Walloonc. 1500 CE – today

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Old French.

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