Walloons (; , ; ) are a
French-speaking people who live in
Belgium, principally in
Wallonia. Walloons are a distinctive ethnic community within Belgium. Important historical and anthropological criteria (religion, language, traditions, folklore) bind Walloons to the
French people. More generally, the term also refers to the inhabitants of the Walloon Region. They speak regional languages such as
Walloon (with
Picard in the West and
Lorrain in the South). Walloons are the descendants of
Gallo-Romans with Germanic
Frankish admixture.