NRF ISO 639-3
Guernésiais
Dgernesiais Autonym
A language of Guernsey
- ISO 639
- nrf
- Alternate Names
- Guernsey French
- Autonym
- Dgernesiais
- Population
- 220 in Guernsey (2014 J. Sallabank). 200 Guernésiais speakers and 18 Serquiais speakers on Guernsey Island (2014 J. Sallabank). Total users in all countries: 18,920.
- Location:
- Guernsey, Alderney, Herm, and Sark islands.
- Language Status
- 8b (Nearly extinct). De facto language of national identity.
- Classification
- Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French
- Dialects
- Serquiais.
- Language Use
- Limited revitalization efforts. Shifted to English [eng].
- Language Development
- Newspapers. Radio. Bible portions: 1863. Agency: Guernsey Language Commission.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Guernésiais
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Auregniais was a dialect once spoken on Alderney. Societies are trying to preserve the dialects from becoming extinct.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Normandy: Manche department (Cotentinais dialect); Calvados and Orne departments (Augeron dialect); Seine-Maritime department (Cauchois dialect).
- Dialects
- Cotentinais, Cauchois, Augeron.
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of France
Language Name
Norman French
User Population
17,000 in France (2015 M. Jones).
- Location
- Jersey island.
- Language Status
- 8a (Moribund)
- Other Comments
- Jèrriais and Guernésiais are officially recognized as regional minority languages of the British Isles. View other languages of Jersey
Language Name
Jèrriais
User Population
1,700 in Jersey (2011 census). Ethnic population: 45,380 Norman French ethnic population in the Channel Islands (2014 A. Stuart).
Map
Location: Guernsey, Alderney, Herm, and Sark islands.
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