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As acting project coordinator for Valony, I have started a sandbox with some Valonian vocabulary that may be used in mapping: Valonian exonyms, names for religions, rivers...

For the following elements, having a Valonian equivalent has not been that easy. I'm proposing some solutions but others may well fit even better. Feel free to share your opinion, even though you're not well-versed in French:

Valonian exonyms

Archanta

Federal States

Based on US/American - américain/états-unien, should we have état-fédérien/ne and/or archantéen/ne?
--Aiki (talk) 03:14, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Kartumie

Should we have Cartumie with a /y/ sound or Cartoumie with a /u/ sound?
--Aiki (talk) 03:14, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Tarephia

Novakia

Should we have novaque as we have Slovaquie/slovaque or novaquien? As Novakia is small and not a neighbouring country, it's rather unlikely we'll have a rue des novaques compared to rue des pléviens
--Aiki (talk) 03:14, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Uletha

Astria

In French, V-S-C (where V is for vowel and C for consonant) tends to switch to V̂-C. Should we have Astrie or Âtrie? And consequently, should we have astrien/astrienne or âtrien/âtrienne? Note that we may still have Âtrie but astrien, or reverse.
--Aiki (talk) 03:14, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Kalm

Kalm equivalent is rather tricky as the direct one would be Calme as in calm.

• Using French phonetics, we could have: Kalm -> Chalm (as in caput->chef or canus->chien k->tʃ->ʃ) and later a palatisation of the l Chalm -> Le Chaum or Chaüm (as in saltus->saut salva->sauge al->aw->o) pronounced /ʃa.ɔm/, with a potential adjective chahomais/chahomaise.
• A complete exonym as we have, IRW, Deutsch/German/Allemand/Tedescho...
  --Aiki (talk) 03:14, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Religions

Imamism

Should we have imamiste or imamique as an adjective equivalent to musulman?
--Aiki (talk) 03:14, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Ivarian

Should we have hibérain(e) (ɛ̃/ɛn or ɛn in South of France) or hibéran(e) (ã/an or ane in South of France) as an adjective equivalent to juif/ve - israélite? Likewise, should we have Hibérainisme or Hibéranisme?
--Aiki (talk) 03:14, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Odonyms

Political system

IRW France, many main streets or squares are de la République. Though many Rue or Place Royale still exist in France, a lots of them have been "republically" renamed. If Valony is a republic, I'd assume many ways tagged highway: will be named accordingly. Should we consider Valony a republic?
--Aiki (talk) 04:56, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

Public figures

Below are some names I've noted from places, mainly in Nemans:

Name	Surname	Profession	Dates
Georges	Bêches
César	Binet
Lucien	Dalasque	Author	~1850s
Bernard	de l'Aïc
Edmond	de Remmeau	Philanthropist	~1880s-1920s
Léopold	Decazes
?	d'Estienne Tour
Léonard	d'Ouaisie
?	Ducelle
Alphonse	Durant
Michelle	Frochot
Philippe	Le Bon	Ruler
Roger	Le Grand	Ruler
?	Marbois	Marshal
Étienne	Ruau
Hippolyte	Sudreau