What is Jèrriais?
{{Infobox language |name=Jèrriais |states=[[Jersey]] and [[Sark]] |speakers={{sigfig|1920|2}} |date=2011 census |ref=e18 |speakers2={{sigfig|2760|2}} [[L2 speakers]] of Jersey and Guernsey |familycolor=Indo-European |fam2=[[Italic languages|Italic]] |fam3=[[Romance languages|Romance]] |fam4=[[Western Romance languages|Western Romance]] |fam5=[[Gallo-Romance languages|Gallo-Romance]] |fam6=[[Langues d'oïl|Oïl]] |fam7=[[Norman language|Norman]] |glotto=jerr1238 |glottorefname=Jerriais |lingua=51-AAA-hc |iso3=nrf |iso3comment=(incl. [[Guernésiais]]) |notice=IPA }} '''Jèrriais''' is a language that is spoken in [[Jersey]]. Some people call it Jersey French. Just over 2000 people speak it. It is a Norman language. 3% of the people in Jersey speak it, and around 15% can understand it. == History == In the 19th century, almost everyone in Jersey could speak Jèrriais. Then, people stopped learning it, and it nearly became extinct. These days, lots of people are trying to get more people to speak the language. Now, signposts and road signs on Jersey are written in Jèrriais and English. {{Romance languages}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jerriais}} [[Category:Languages of the Channel Islands]] [[Category:Jersey]]