Guernésiais

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A language of Guernsey

ISO 639-3
nrf
Alternate Names
Guernsey French
Autonym
Dgernesiais
User Population

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.

Location

Guernsey, Alderney, Herm, and Sark islands.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct). De facto language of national identity.

Classification
Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French
Dialects

Serquiais.

Language Use

Limited revitalization efforts. Shifted to English [eng].

Language Development

Newspapers. Radio. Bible portions: 1863. Agency: Guernsey Language Commission.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Guernésiais
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Auregniais was a dialect once spoken on Alderney. Societies are trying to preserve the dialects from becoming extinct.

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