Norman

Also known as Norman language, nrf, fr-x-nrm, Nouormand, Normaund, nrm, Norman French, Normand

Romance language of northwest France

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Norman is a Romance language historically spoken in Normandy in northwest France, belonging to the same language family as French, Spanish, and Italian. It matters because it represents an important part of regional linguistic and cultural heritage in France, though it is now spoken by relatively few people as younger generations have increasingly adopted standard French.

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Wikimedia language code: fr-x-nrm
Commons category: Norman language
native label: Normaund
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 100000
exact match: data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133117073

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Norman or Norman French (Normaund, French: Normand [nɔʁmɑ̃] , Guernésiais: Normand, Jèrriais: Nouormand) is a langue d'oïl spoken in the historical and cultural region of Normandy.

The name "Norman French" is sometimes also used to describe the administrative languages of Anglo-Norman and Law French used in England. For the most part, the written forms of Norman and modern French are mutually intelligible. The thirteenth-century philosopher Roger Bacon was the first to distinguish it along with other dialects such as Picard and Bourguignon.