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WALLOONS (Wallons, from a common Teut. word meaning " foreign," cf. Ger. Welsch, Du. waalsch, Eng. Welsh) , a people
French , but forming a separate
French departments of Nord and Ardennes, and a few villages in the neighbourhood of Malmedy in Rhenish Prussia . The Walloons are descended from the ancient Gallic Belgi, with an admixture of Roman elements. They are in general characterized by greater vivacity and adaptability than their Flemish neighbours, while they excel their French neighbours in en-durance and industry. Their numbers are reckoned in Belgium at between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000. The Walloon dialect is a distinct branch of the Romance languages
German
century , when it began to be assimilated to French, by which it was ultimately superseded.Grandgagnage, De l'origine des Wallons (Liege, 1852), Vocabulaire des noms wallons, &c. (2nd ed., 1857), and Diet
Diet
wallop (Brussels, 1892). IX.] End of Article: WALLOONS (Wallons, from a common Teut. word meaning " foreign," cf. Ger. Welsch, Du. waalsch, Eng. Welsh) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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