Wallon

Japanese: Wallon
Wallon

...Northern winds blow in winter, but overall the westerly winds predominate.
[Population, Language, Religion]
Belgium is a multi-ethnic nation made up of two ethnic groups, the Germanic Flemish (Flemish people) and the Latinized Celtic Walloons (Wallon people), but it does not have a federal system like Switzerland or Canada. Originally, the area of ​​present-day Belgium was inhabited by Latinized Celts, but Germanic peoples migrated from the north and east between the end of the Roman Empire and the 10th century, and the linguistic border that runs almost east-west from Mouscron in West Flanders to Lanaye in Liège has remained almost unchanged since then (Figure).

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Wallon" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…冬には北風が吹くが,全体としては偏西風が優越している。
【住民,言語,宗教】
 ベルギーは,ゲルマン系のフラマン人Flamand(フランデレン人)とラテン化したケルト系のワロン人Wallonの二つの民族からなる複合民族国家であるが,スイスやカナダのような連邦制を採用していない。もともと,現在のベルギーの地域はラテン化したケルト人の居住地であったが,ローマ帝国末期から10世紀までの間に北部や東部からゲルマン人が移住し,西フランドル州ムースクロンMouscronからリエージュ州ラネーLanayeまでほぼ東西に延びる言語境界線は,それ以来ほとんど変わることなく続いている(図)。…

※「Wallon」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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