Editing Picard language (section)

== Dialectal variations ==
Despite being geographically and syntactically affiliated according to some [[Linguistics|linguists]] due to their inter-comprehensible morphosyntactic features, Picard in Picardy, Ch'timi and Rouchi still intrinsically maintain conspicuous discrepancies. 
Picard includes a variety of very closely related dialects. It is difficult to list them all accurately in the absence of specific studies on the dialectal variations, but these varieties can probably ''provisionally'' be distinguished: 
{{Citation needed|date=April 2008}} Amiénois, Vimeu-Ponthieu, Vermandois, Thiérache, Beauvaisis, "chtimi" (Bassin Minier, [[Lille]]), dialects in other regions near Lille (Roubaix, Tourcoing, Mouscron, Comines), "rouchi" ([[Valenciennes|Valenciennois]]) and Tournaisis, Borain, Artésien rural, Boulonnais. The varieties are defined by specific phonetic, morphological and lexical traits and sometimes by a distinctive literary tradition.

The Ch'ti language was re-popularised by the 2008 French [[comedy film]] ''[[Welcome to the Sticks]]'' ([[French language|French]]: ''Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis''; <small>French pronunciation:</small> [[Help:IPA/French|[bjɛ̃vny ʃe le ʃti]]]) which broke nearly every [[box office]] record in France and earned over $245,000,000 worldwide on an 11 million euro budget.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=bienvenuechezleschtis.htm|title=Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=12 April 2015}}</ref>