Jèrriais

Jèrriais is the byleid o the Norman leid spakken in Jersey, yin o the Channel Islands aff the coast o Fraunce. Hit haes doukin ower the past yeirhunner as Ingles haes acome the leid o eddication, commerce an admeenistration. Thare are no monie fowk that spik Jèrriais as a mitherleid an, awin tae the eild o the remainin spikkers, thair nummers gae doun ivery yeir. Nanetheless, efforts are bein makkit tae keep the leid alive.

Jèrriais
jèrriais
Native tae	Jersey an Sark
Native speakers	1,900 (2011 census)[1] 2,800 L2 speakers o Jersey an Gansey
Leid faimily	Indo-European Italic Romance Wastren Romance Gallo-Romance Oïl Norman Jèrriais
Early forms	Auld Norman Anglo-Norman?
Offeecial status
Offeecial leid in	None An offeecial leid o Jersey alangside the Ingles leid
Leid codes
ISO 639-3	nrf (incl. Guernésiais)
Glottolog	jerr1238[2]
Linguasphere	51-AAA-hc
IETF	nrf-JE[3][4]
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Jèrriais maister Ben Spink spiks Jèrriais an tells the wirds o the sang "Man Bieau P'tit Jèrri" bi Frank Le Maistre.

A seemilar leid, Guernésiais, is spakken in nearby Gansey. The leid o Sark, Sercquiais, comed fae Jèrriais bi Jersey colonists that sattlet Sark in the 16t yeirhunner; an thare is mutual intelligibility wi the Norman leid o mainlaund Normandy.

Jèrriais is affen cried "Jersey French" or "Jersey Norman French" in Ingles (tho aiblins this gies the impression that the leid is a byleid o French) an "jersiais" or "normand de Jersey" in French. Jèrriais is distinct fae the Jersey Legal French uised fir legal contracts, laws an offecial missives bi the govrenment an admeenistration o Jersey. Fir this raison, sum fowk uise the term "Jersey Norman" tae clarifee.