 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 franceânord-pas-de-calais and picardyâand 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 bÃ©thune 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
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