Rouchi
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Rouchi or Rouchy is a local variety of Picard spoken in the Rouchi country ("Pays Rouchi") which includes the Valenciennois, as well as Saint-Amand, Lille, Tournai, Cambrai and Douai.
This dialect is attested in documents dating back to the Middle-Ages: Serventois et sottes chansons (13th century), Chronique de Flandres (14th century) although the most popular of them remain Mirouer des simples ames anienties et qui seulement demourent en vouloir et desir d'amour (Mirror of simple and shattered souls), written by Marguerite Porete in 1290.
Varieties
Rouchi is not an homogeneous dialect and present many variants:
- Kimberlot or Camberlot, spoken in the Cambresis. It is close to Southern Picard;
- Gommergnion, spoken in Gommegnies;
- Tournaisien, spoken in the Tournaisis;
- Pecquois which is a transition between the Rouchi and Lille-area dialects. It is close to the varieties spoken in Tournai, Roubaix and Mouscron;