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A survey of the Centre liégeois d ' étude de l ' opinion pointed out in 1989 that 71. 8 % of the younger people of Wallonia understand and speak only a little or no Walloon language ; 17. 4 % speak it well ; and only 10. 4 % speak it exclusively.

Based on other surveys and figures, Laurent Hendschel wrote in 1999 that between 30 and 40 % people were bilingual in Wallonia ( Walloon, Picard ), among them 10 % of the younger population ( 18 – 30 years old ).

According to Hendschel, there are 36 to 58 % of young people have a passive knowledge of the regional languages.

On the other hand, Givet commune, several villages in the Ardennes département in France, which publishes the journal Causon wallon ( Let us speak Walloon ); and two villages in Luxembourg are historically Walloon-speaking.