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There are four main dialects/languages of Norman in the islands
There are four main dialects/languages of Norman in the islands
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auregnais '''Auregnais'''] (Alderney) - extinct in late twentieth century. The last known native speaker of Auregnais died around 1960. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Auregnais," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auregnais#:~:text=The%20last%20known%20native%20speaker%20of%20Auregnais%20died%20around%201960., accessed 4 Sep 2021.</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auregnais '''Auregnais'''] (Alderney) - extinct in late twentieth century. The last known native speaker of Auregnais died around 1960. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Auregnais," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auregnais#:~:text=The%20last%20known%20native%20speaker%20of%20Auregnais%20died%20around%201960., accessed 4 Sep 2021.</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guern%C3%A9siais '''Guernésiais'''] (Guernsey) - also known as Dgèrnésiais, Guernsey French, and Guernsey Norman French. It is sometimes known on the island simply as "patois". <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Guernésiais," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guern%C3%A9siais#:~:text=It%20is%20sometimes%20known%20on%20the%20island%20simply%20as%20%22patois%22., accessed 4 Sep 2021.</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guern%C3%A9siais '''Dgèrnésiais'''] (Guernsey) - It is sometimes known on the island simply as "patois". <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Guernésiais," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guern%C3%A9siais#:~:text=It%20is%20sometimes%20known%20on%20the%20island%20simply%20as%20%22patois%22., accessed 4 Sep 2021.</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A8rriais '''Jèrriais'''] (Jersey) - also known as the Jersey Language, Jersey French and Jersey Norman French in English. It is a Romance language and the traditional language of the Jersey people. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Jèrriais," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A8rriais#:~:text=also%20known%20as%20the%20Jersey%20Language%2C%20Jersey,the%20traditional%20language%20of%20the%20Jersey%20people., accessed 4 Sep 2021.</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A8rriais '''Jèrriais'''] (Jersey) - also known as the Jersey Language, Jersey French and Jersey Norman French in English. It is a Romance language and the traditional language of the Jersey people. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Jèrriais," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A8rriais#:~:text=also%20known%20as%20the%20Jersey%20Language%2C%20Jersey,the%20traditional%20language%20of%20the%20Jersey%20people., accessed 4 Sep 2021.</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sercquiais '''Sercquiais'''] (Sark) - an offshoot of Jèrriais. Also known as Sarkese or Sark-French (lé sèrtchais). Sarkese is in fact a descendant of the 16th century Jèrriais used by the original colonists. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Sercquiais," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sercquiais#:~:text=Sarkese%20is%20in%20fact%20a%20descendant%20of,century%20J%C3%A8rriais%20used%20by%20the%20original%20colonists, accessed 4 Sep 2021.</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sercquiais '''Sercquiais'''] (Sark) - an offshoot of Jèrriais. Also known as Sarkese or Sark-French (lé sèrtchais). Sarkese is in fact a descendant of the 16th century Jèrriais used by the original colonists. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Sercquiais," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sercquiais#:~:text=Sarkese%20is%20in%20fact%20a%20descendant%20of,century%20J%C3%A8rriais%20used%20by%20the%20original%20colonists, accessed 4 Sep 2021.</ref>


==Word List(s)==
==Word List(s)==
*[[French Genealogical Word List]]
*[[French Genealogical Word List]]
*[https://www.learnjerriais.org.je/course/view.php?id=61 20 Jèrriais Phrases] - LearnJerriais.org
*[https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/jerriais.php Useful Jèrriais Phrases] - Omniglot
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A8rriais#:~:text=Examples Jèrriais Word List] - Wikipedia
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A8rriais#:~:text=Palatalisation Jèrriais Word List (Palatalisation)] - Wikipedia
*[https://omniglot.com/language/kinship/french.htm Family Words in French] - Omniglot
*[https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/french.php Useful French Phrases] - Omniglot
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guern%C3%A9siais#:~:text=Examples Guernésiais Word List] - Wikipedia
*[https://guernseydonkey.com/useful-guernesiais-words-and-phrases/ Useful Guernesiais Words And Phrases] - Guernsey Donkey


==Alphabet and Pronunciation==
==Alphabet and Pronunciation==
'''Alphabet'''
*[https://omniglot.com/writing/jerriais.htm#:~:text=J%C3%A8rriais%20alphabet Jèrriais Alphabet] - Omniglot
*[https://omniglot.com/language/numbers/jerriais.htm Numbers in Jèrriais] - Omniglot
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A8rriais#:~:text=Orthography Jèrriais Consonants] - Wikipedia
*[https://omniglot.com/writing/french.htm#:~:text=The%20French%20alphabet The French Alphabet] - Omniglot
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guern%C3%A9siais#:~:text=Verbs Guernésiais Verbs] - Wikipedia
'''Pronunciation'''
*[https://omniglot.com/writing/jerriais.htm#:~:text=J%C3%A8rriais%20pronunciation Jèrriais Pronunciation] - Omniglot
*[https://omniglot.com/writing/french.htm#:~:text=French%20pronunciation French Pronunciation] - Omniglot


==Language Aids and Dictionaries==
==Language Aids and Dictionaries==
'''Dictionaries'''
* De Garis, Marie. ''English-Guernsey dictionary; Dictiounnaire Angllais-Guernesiais.'' St. Peter Port: La Societé Guernesiaise, 1967. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/702362618 WorldCat].
* de Garis, Marie. ''Dictiounnaire Anglais-Guernesıais.'' Chichester: Phillimore, 1982. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/1000550678 WorldCat].
'''Online Dictionaries'''
*[https://glosbe.com/en/nrf Dictionary English - Jèrriais] - Glosbe
'''Language Aids'''
* Birt, Paul W. ''Lé Jèrriais pour tous : a complete course on the Jersey language.'' Jersey, C.I.: Le Don Balleine, 1985. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/13500082 WorldCat].
* Société jersiaise. ''Des noms d'maîsons en Jèrriais : Jèrrais house names (and what they mean).'' Saint Hélyi/Saint Helier, Jèrri/Jersey: La Société Jersiaise, 2003. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/61756087 WorldCat].
* Liddicoat, Anthony. ''A grammar of the Norman French of the Channel Islands : the dialects of Jersey and Sark.'' Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1994. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/841172139 WorldCat].
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A8rriais#:~:text=Grammar Jèrriais Grammar] - Wikipedia


==Additional Resources==
==Additional Resources==
* ''Vocabulary builder. Jèrriais.'' London: Eurotalk, 2005. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/706627699 WorldCat].
* Jones, Mari C. ''Jersey Norman French : a linguistic study of an obsolescent dialect.'' Oxford: Blackwell, 2001. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/463658777 WorldCat].
* Lane-Clarke, L. ''Guernsey French.'' St Peter Port: Toucan Press, 1978. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/16445378 WorldCat].


== References  ==
== References  ==

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The official languages are French and English, but English is gradually supplanting French. The language commonly used is English, but in the county districts of Jersey and Guernsey and throughout Sark some people also speak a Norman-French dialect. A majority of the records are written in French.[1]

The Norman language predominated in the islands until the nineteenth century, when increasing influence from English-speaking settlers and easier transport links led to Anglicisation. [2]

There are four main dialects/languages of Norman in the islands

  • Auregnais (Alderney) - extinct in late twentieth century. The last known native speaker of Auregnais died around 1960. [3]
  • Dgèrnésiais (Guernsey) - It is sometimes known on the island simply as "patois". [4]
  • Jèrriais (Jersey) - also known as the Jersey Language, Jersey French and Jersey Norman French in English. It is a Romance language and the traditional language of the Jersey people. [5]
  • Sercquiais (Sark) - an offshoot of Jèrriais. Also known as Sarkese or Sark-French (lé sèrtchais). Sarkese is in fact a descendant of the 16th century Jèrriais used by the original colonists. [6]



Word List(s)[edit | edit source]

Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]

Language Aids and Dictionaries[edit | edit source]

Additional Resources[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Channel Islands,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1990-1998.
  2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Channel Islands," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Islands#:~:text=The%20Norman%20language%20predominated%20in%20the%20islands,and%20Sercquiais%20(Sark%2C%20an%20offshoot%20of%20J%C3%A8rriais)., accessed 4 Sep 2021.
  3. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Auregnais," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auregnais#:~:text=The%20last%20known%20native%20speaker%20of%20Auregnais%20died%20around%201960., accessed 4 Sep 2021.
  4. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Guernésiais," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guern%C3%A9siais#:~:text=It%20is%20sometimes%20known%20on%20the%20island%20simply%20as%20%22patois%22., accessed 4 Sep 2021.
  5. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Jèrriais," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A8rriais#:~:text=also%20known%20as%20the%20Jersey%20Language%2C%20Jersey,the%20traditional%20language%20of%20the%20Jersey%20people., accessed 4 Sep 2021.
  6. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Sercquiais," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sercquiais#:~:text=Sarkese%20is%20in%20fact%20a%20descendant%20of,century%20J%C3%A8rriais%20used%20by%20the%20original%20colonists, accessed 4 Sep 2021.
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