Boojoo!: An Introduction to Wisconsin Walloon

Walloon is a language still spoken by a minority population in its home country of Belgium. It can also still be found among a few sparse communities descended from Belgian immigrants in northeastern Wisconsin. Although spoken by a small number of people, the language plays a vital role in the ethnic heritage of the state and is audible in local words like “booyah” and “trippe.”

This book is the first to introduce the language without recourse to French, of which Walloon is sometimes mistake...