Guernsey
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English
[eng] Widespread. Users: 62,500 in Guernsey. Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (2006, Amendment 2, Royal Court Rules). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
French
[fra] Widespread. Users: Status: 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. Alternate Names: Français. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French.
Guernésiais
[nrf] Guernsey, Alderney, Herm, and Sark islands. Users: 220 in Guernsey (2014 J. Sallabank). 200 Guernésiais speakers and 18 Serquiais speakers on Guernsey Island (2014 J. Sallabank). Total users in all countries: 18,920. Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). De facto language of national identity. Alternate Names: Guernsey French. Autonym: Dgernesiais. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French.