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Jèrriais

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Also known as Jersey French, Jerriais, jer, nrf-je

thumb| teacher Ben Spink speaks and tells the words of the song by Frank Le Maistre. ' ( ; also known as the Jersey language, Jersey French and Jersey Norman French' in English) is a Romance language and the traditional language of the Jersey people. It is a form of the Norman language spoken in Jersey, an island in the Channel Islands archipelago off the coast of France. Its closest relatives are the other Norman languages, such as , spoken in neighbouring Guernsey, and the other .

Key facts

Language.states
Jersey and Sark
Language.date
2011 census <!--
Language.ref
e18 -->
Language.speakers2
L2 speakers of Jersey and Guernsey
Language.familycolor
Indo-European
Language.fam2
Italic
Language.fam3
Latino-Faliscan
Language.fam4
Latinic
Language.fam5
Romance
Language.fam6
Italo-Western
Language.fam7
Western
Language.fam8
Gallo-Iberian?
Language.fam9
Gallo-Romance
Language.fam10
Gallo-Rhaetian?
Language.fam11
Arpitan–Oïl
Language.fam12
Oïl
Language.fam13
Frankish zone
Language.fam14
Northern Norman

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number of speakers, writers, or signers
2874
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Jèrriais
Commons category
Jèrriais
native label
Jèrriais
Wikimedia language code
nrf-je
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25 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Dictionaries
  • Status
  • Phonology
  • Palatalisation
  • Dental fricative
  • Length
  • Orthography
  • Grammar
  • Verbs
  • Aspect
  • Iterative
  • Gerunds
  • Vocabulary
  • Influence of Norse
  • Influence of Breton
  • Influence of French
  • Influence of English
  • Literature
  • Examples
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Literature
  • External links

thumb| teacher Ben Spink speaks and tells the words of the song by Frank Le Maistre. ' ( ; also known as the Jersey language, Jersey French and Jersey Norman French' in English) is a Romance language and the traditional language of the Jersey people. It is a form of the Norman language spoken in Jersey, an island in the Channel Islands archipelago off the coast of France. Its closest relatives are the other Norman languages, such as , spoken in neighbouring Guernsey, and the other .

Use of has been in decline over the past century, as English has increasingly become the language of education, commerce and administration on Jersey. There are very few people who speak Jèrriais as a mother tongue and, owing to the age of the remaining speakers, their numbers decrease annually. Efforts are being made to keep the language alive.

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