Jèrriais

E29750
Norman language Oïl language Romance language minority language regional language

Jèrriais is a Norman Romance language traditionally spoken on the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Eastern Jèrriais 1
Jersey French 1
Jersey Norman French 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norman language ⓘ
Oïl language ⓘ
Romance language ⓘ
minority language ⓘ
regional language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo French ⓘ
Guernésiais ⓘ
Norman ⓘ
endangeredStatus definitely endangered language ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Jèrriais ⓘ
surface form: Jersey French

Jèrriais ⓘ
surface form: Jersey Norman French
hasAncestor Latin ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
Normans ⓘ
surface form: Old Norman

Vulgar Latin ⓘ
hasDialects Jèrriais self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Jèrriais

Jèrriais self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Jèrriais
hasFirstDocumentedUse 13th century ⓘ
hasGlottologCode jerr1238 ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code jer ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Norse ⓘ
hasNativeName Jèrriais ⓘ
hasNotableAuthor Edward Le Brocq ⓘ
George Francis Le Feuvre ⓘ
Philippe Le Sueur Mourant ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakers several hundred speakers ⓘ
hasOfficialStatusIn Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ
surface form: Jersey
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom French ⓘ
languageFamily Gallo-Romance languages ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Italic languages ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
surface form: Oïl languages

Romance languages ⓘ
recognizedAs regional language of Jersey ⓘ
regulatedBy L'Office du Jèrriais ⓘ
revitalizationEffort adult education classes in Jersey ⓘ
media broadcasts in Jèrriais ⓘ
taught in Jersey schools ⓘ
spokenIn Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ
surface form: Channel Islands

Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ
surface form: Jersey
subclassOf Gallo-Romance language ⓘ
Norman ⓘ
traditionalLanguageOf Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ
surface form: Jersey
usedBy Jersey government for cultural promotion ⓘ
usedIn Jersey folk songs ⓘ
Jersey literature ⓘ
Jersey place names ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jèrriais → hasAlternativeName → Jèrriais ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jersey Norman French
Jèrriais → hasAlternativeName → Jèrriais ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jersey French
Jèrriais → hasDialects → Jèrriais self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Jèrriais
Jèrriais → hasDialects → Jèrriais self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Jèrriais
this entity surface form: Jèrriais (limited use)
subject surface form: Channel Islands