sentences:  The last French-language newspaper in Jersey, "Les Chroniques de Jersey", closed at the end of 1959.Jèrriais, sometimes referred to as "Jersey French" or "Jersey Norman French", a variety of Norman, was the dominant language of the Bailiwick for most of its history.Now, however, the language is spoken by around 2,600 of the 87,000 inhabitants of the island, down from 5,720 in 1989.