Jules Feller
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Jules Feller | |
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![]() Jules Feller, 1912 | |
Born | Roubaix | November 4, 1859
Died | Verviers | April 29, 1940
Language | French and Walloon |
Nationality | Belgian |
Genre | Linguistics |
Notable works | Essai d'orthographe wallonne, 1900 Notes de philologie wallonne, 1912 |
Jules Feller (4 November 1859 – 29 April 1940) was a Belgian academician and Walloon militant.
Biography[]
Jules Feller created the Picard language since a consensus arose between universities in favour of the written form known as Feller-Carton (based on the Walloon spelling system – which was developed by Feller and adapted for Picard by Prof. Fernand Carton).
of spelling for the Walloon language. This is also used for writing theHe represented Verviers in the from 1919 until his death. He was a member of the Royal Academy of French Language and Literature in Belgium.
Categories:
- People from Roubaix
- Linguists
- Members of the Belgian Federal Parliament
- Members of the Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique
- 1859 births
- 1940 deaths