ISO 639-3 · pcdpcd
Indo-European family
Picard
picard
Picard is a language of the Oïl branch (Indo-European), spoken in Belgium and France. Wikidata counts about 700,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Gallo-Romance language spoken in northern France and southern Belgium”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
pcd- Glottocode
pica1241- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 8b Nearly Extinct
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Centre point
- 50.50, 2.50
- Wikipedia
- 75 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
8bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Picard · picard |
|---|---|
| Also called | Picard language |
| All speakers | 700,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 8b Nearly Extinct8b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Picard
The branches above Picard, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Belgium
deuGermanIndo-European · 135 m1 · NationalnldDutchIndo-European · 23.1 m1 · NationallimLimburgishIndo-European · 1.6 m2 · ProvincialvlsWest FlemishIndo-European · 1.4 m6b · ThreatenedyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredltzLuxembourgishunclassified · 470,2004 · EducationalgsgGerman Sign LanguageunclassifiedodtOld DutchIndo-EuropeanvgtFlemish Sign Languageunclassified5 · DevelopingsfbFrench Belgian Sign Languageunclassified5 · Developing