Picard language

Picard is a Romance language spoken in the north of France and in the south of Belgium. It is one of the langues d'oïl. The language is often called ch'ti or ch'timi in most of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Rouchi near Valenciennes, Roubaignot near Roubaix and patois in Picardy, as well as Picard everywhere.

Picard
ch'ti, ch'timi, rouchi
Native to	France, Belgium
Region	Hauts-de-France, Hainaut
Native speakers	(700,000 cited 1998)
Language family	Indo-European Italic Romance Western Romance Gallo-Romance Oïl Picard
Dialects	North South
Writing system	Latin script
Official status
Official language in	None
Recognised minority language in	Belgium (recognised by the French Community of Belgium)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pcd
Glottolog	pica1241
ELP	Picard
Linguasphere	51-AAA-he
IETF	pcd

Spoken Picard

In 1998, there were around 700,000 people who spoke Picard as a first language.