Français de Belgique
The French of Wallonia and Brussels. Maintains a number of vocabulary and number forms (septante, nonante) that the Paris standard has dropped.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 50.85°, 4.35°
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Belgian French vs West African French
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The French of Francophone West Africa — used in administration, education, and media. Strong contact features from Wolof, Bambara, and other regional languages.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 14.69°, -17.45°
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DialectBelgian FrenchThe French of Wallonia and Brussels. Maintains a number of vocabulary and number forms (septante, nonante) that the Paris standard has dropped.DialectWest African FrenchThe French of Francophone West Africa — used in administration, education, and media. Strong contact features from Wolof, Bambara, and other regional languages.CompareAcadian French vs Belgian FrenchAtlasExplore the atlasRead the full picture of French and the dialects within it.