Picard | |
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ch'ti, ch'timi, rouchi | |
Native to | France, Belgium |
Region | Hauts-de-France, Hainaut |
Native speakers | (700,000 cited 1998)[1] |
Dialects |
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Latin script | |
Official status | |
Official language in | None |
Recognised minority language in | ![]() |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | pcd |
Glottolog | pica1241 |
ELP | Picard |
Linguasphere | 51-AAA-he |
IETF | pcd |
Picard is a Romance language spoken in the north of France and in the south of Belgium. It is one of the langues d'oïl. The language is often called ch'ti or ch'timi in most of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Rouchi near Valenciennes, Roubaignot near Roubaix and patois in Picardy, as well as Picard everywhere.
In 1998, there were around 700,000 people who spoke Picard as a first language.