Jèrriais
variety of Norman spoken in Jersey, in the Channel Islands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jèrriais is a language that is spoken in Jersey. Some people call it Jersey French. Just over 2000 people speak it. It is a Norman language. 3% of the people in Jersey speak it, and around 15% can understand it.
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Jèrriais | |
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Native to | Jersey and Sark |
Native speakers | 1,900 (2011 census)[1] 2,800 L2 speakers of Jersey and Guernsey |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nrf (incl. Guernésiais) |
Glottolog | jerr1238 |
ELP | Jèrriais |
Linguasphere | 51-AAA-hc |
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