Jèrriais

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.

Jèrriais
Native to	Jersey and Sark
Native speakers	1,900 (2011 census)[1] 2,800 L2 speakers of Jersey and Guernsey
Language family	Indo-European Italic Romance Western Romance Gallo-Romance Oïl Norman Jèrriais
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nrf (incl. Guernésiais)
Glottolog	jerr1238
ELP	Jèrriais
Linguasphere	51-AAA-hc
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History

In the 19th century, almost everyone in Jersey could speak Jèrriais. Then, people stopped learning it, and it nearly became extinct. These days, lots of people are trying to get more people to speak the language. Now, signposts and road signs on Jersey are written in Jèrriais and English.

1. Jèrriais at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)