Jerriais

Jèrriais

Jèrriais is a Romance language spoken on Jersey (Jèrri),
one of the Channel Islands, particular in the parish of St. Ouen. According
to the 2001 census, there are 2,674 speakers. Jèrriais is one of
the langues d’oïl and is related to Norman, Dgèrnésiais,
Picard, Gallo and Walloon. It has been spoken on Jersey for over 1,000 years
and has been influenced by Celtic, Norse and Frankish languages.

For many centuries the official written language of Jersey was standard French,
while the people spoke Jèrriais. In 1912 compulsory education was introduced in
Jersey and English replaced Jèrriais as the medium of instruction. After
this, children were forbidden from speaking Jèrriais in school.

Jèrriais started to appear in writing towards the end of the 18th century
mainly in the form of poetry and historical works. For a long time there was no
standard spelling and each writer used his or her own system. The orthography used
today is based on standard French.

In 1951 L’Assembliee d’Jèrriais was formed to hold meetings and
publish items in Jèrriais. Since then several books have been published
on the language.

Today the Section de la langue Jèrriaise works to promote study of
the language and its literature, and Jèrriais classes are commonplace
in primary schools. There is also a weekly radio programme in Jèrriais on
BBC Radio Jersey and regular articles in the Jersey Evening Post.

Jèrriais is also known as Jesery Norman, Jersey French or Jersey Norman
French in English, and as jersiais or normand de Jersey in French.

Jèrriais alphabet
A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m
[a] [be] [se] [de] [ə] [ɛf] [ʒe] [oʃ] [i] [ʒi] [ka] [ɛl] [ɛm]
N n O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z
[ɛn] [o] [pe] [ku] [aiʁ] [ɛs] [te] [u] [ve] [dubiɛr
ve]
[iks] [i grɛk] [zɛd]
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