Guernésiais
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Guernésiais (), also known as Guerneseyese, Dgèrnésiais, Guernsey French, and Guernsey Norman French, is the variety of the Norman language spoken in Guernsey. It is sometimes known on the island simply as "patois". As one of the langues d'oïl, it has its roots in Latin, but has had strong influence from both Old Norse and English at different points in its history.
Key facts
- Language.name
- Guernésiais
- Language.altname
- Dgèrnésiais, Guernsey French
- Language.nativename
- ,
- Language.states
- Guernsey
- Language.date
- 2014
- Language.nation
- Guernsey
- Language.ref
- e18
- 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
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Current status
- Revitalization
- Bible translations
- Phonology
- Verbs
- Examples
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Guernésiais (), also known as Guerneseyese, Dgèrnésiais, Guernsey French, and Guernsey Norman French, is the variety of the Norman language spoken in Guernsey. It is sometimes known on the island simply as "patois". As one of the langues d'oïl, it has its roots in Latin, but has had strong influence from both Old Norse and English at different points in its history.
There is mutual intelligibility (with some difficulty) with Jèrriais speakers from Jersey and Continental Norman speakers from Normandy. Guernésiais most closely resembles the Norman dialect of Cotentinais spoken in La Hague in the Cotentin Peninsula of France.
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