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Picard is a language or a set of languages closely related to French, and as such is one of the larger group of Romance languages. It is spoken in two regions in the far north of France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy) and in parts of the Belgian region of Wallonia, the district of Tournai (Wallonie Picarde) and a part of the district of Mons (toward Tournai and the Belgian border). Picard is known by several different names. Residents of Picardie simply call it ''picard'', whereas it is more commonly known as ''chti'' or ''chtimi'' in the south part of French Flanders (around Lille and Douai) and in North-East Artois (around Béthune and Lens), or ''rouchi'' around Valenciennes; or simply as patois by Northerners in general. Linguists group all of these under the name ''Picard''. In general the variety spoken in Picardy is understood by speakers in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, and vice versa. ==Recognition== Belgium's French Community gave full official recognition to Picard as a regional language along with Walloon, ''Gaumais'' (Lorraine), Champenois (Champagne) and German Frankish in its 1990 decree. The French government has not followed suit, and has not recognised Picard as a regional language (this is in line with its policy of linguistic unity, which allows for only one official language in France), although some reports have recognized Picard as a language distinct from French. A 1999 report by Prof. Bernard Cerquiglini, the director of the ''フランス語:Institut national de la langue française'' (National Institute of the French Language) stated: The gap has continued to widen between French and the varieties of ''langues d'oïl'', which today we would call "French dialects"; Franc-comtois, Walloon, Picard, Norman, Gallo, Poitevin, Saintongeais, Bourguignon-morvandiau, Lorrain must be accepted among the regional languages of France; by placing them on the list (French regional languages ), they will be known from then on as ''langues d'oïl''.〔Bernard Cerquiglini, ''(The Languages of France )'', Report to the Minister of National Education, Research and Technology, and the Minister of Culture and Communication, April 1999〕 Despite the fact it has no official status as a language in France, Picard, along with all the other languages spoken in France, benefits from any actions led by the Culture Minister's General Commission on the French Language and the Languages of France (''la Délégation générale à la langue française et aux langues de France''). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Picard language」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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