Sark Norman

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Sark Norman is an alternative name for Sercquiais, the traditional Norman dialect spoken on the island of Sark in the Channel Islands.

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Label Occurrences
Sark Norman canonical 1

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norman dialect
Romance language variety
alternateName Sarkese NERFINISHED
Sercquiais
associatedWith Channel Islands Norman heritage
culture of Sark
belongsTo Norman dialect continuum NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Guernésiais NERFINISHED
Jèrriais NERFINISHED
Norman
country Bailiwick of Guernsey NERFINISHED
currentUse limited use in informal contexts
hasFeature distinct vocabulary from Standard French
lexical influence from maritime vocabulary
phonology similar to Guernésiais
historicalOrigin Old French NERFINISHED
Old Norman NERFINISHED
influencedBy English
French
ISOStatus no separate ISO 639-3 code (grouped under Norman or Guernésiais/Jèrriais in practice)
languageFamily Romance languages
numberOfSpeakers very few native speakers
region English Channel NERFINISHED
spokenIn Channel Islands NERFINISHED
Sark NERFINISHED
status severely endangered language
subfamily Norman language NERFINISHED
Oïl languages NERFINISHED
traditionalUse everyday speech on Sark (historically)
usedBy older inhabitants of Sark
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Sercquiais hasAlternativeName Sark Norman