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Also known as Aoeur'gnaeux, Aurignais, Alderney French, Aurigniais

Auregnais (), '''Aoeur'gnaeux, or Aurignais' was the Norman dialect of the Channel Island of Alderney (, Auregnais: aoeur'gny or auregny''). It was closely related to the Guernésiais (Guernsey), Jèrriais (Jersey), and Sercquiais (Sark) dialects of the neighbouring islands, as well as continental Norman on the European mainland.

Key facts

Language.name
Auregnais
Language.altname
Aoeur'gnaeux, Aurignais
Language.nativename
''aoeur'gny, auregny''
Language.states
Alderney
Language.extinct
by
Language.familycolor
Indo-European
Language.fam2
Italic
Language.fam3
Latino-Faliscan
Language.fam4
Latinic
Language.fam5
Romance
Language.fam6
Italo-Western
Language.fam7
Western
Language.fam8
Gallo-Iberian?
Language.fam9
Gallo-Romance
Language.fam10
Gallo-Rhaetian?
Language.fam11
Arpitan–Oïl
Language.fam12
Oïl
Language.fam13
Frankish zone

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Surnames and place names
  • Les Casquets
  • References
  • Sources
  • External links

Auregnais (), '''Aoeur'gnaeux, or Aurignais' was the Norman dialect of the Channel Island of Alderney (, Auregnais: aoeur'gny or auregny). It was closely related to the Guernésiais (Guernsey), Jèrriais (Jersey), and Sercquiais (Sark) dialects of the neighbouring islands, as well as continental Norman on the European mainland.

The dialect became extinct in the 20th century. Only a few examples of Auregnais survived, mostly in place names in Alderney, and one audio recording is known to exist.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Auregnais” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.