Alternate Names: Chtimi, Rouchi
Dialects: Amienois (Amies), Artois, Boulonnais, Calaisis, Cambresis, Hainaut, Lillois, Ponthieu, Santerre, Vermandois, Vimeu. All dialects, including those in Belgium, are mutually inherently intelligible.
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Language Use: Recognized officially as an indigenous regional language in Belgium. Recognized by the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages. Some French government reports consider it a separate language from French. Boulonnais dialect has theater, poems, published grammar, dictionary. Home, family, friends, community. Also use French [fra].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 70%. Poetry. Bible portions: 1863.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: France
Other Comments: Christian.