Yann Forget wrote:
Which French dialects are talking about? There are regional languages in France, the main ones being Breton, Basque and Occitan (spelling?), but I don't think there are "French" dialects. You should also note that Basque and Breton are very different from French. Occitan is a roman language, but any French speaker may not understand it better than, say, Italian or Catalan.
I had in mind Walloon, which is either a separate language or a dialect of French, depending on who you ask (it's certainly a langue d'oïl in any case), and is currently a separate Wikipedia, wa:. I suppose whether Walloon and French differ more or less than the various Chinese dialects is a matter of debate.
-Mark