Norman language

Norman
Normaund
Native to	Normandy Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, England Previously used: Alderney, Herm England (see Norman England) Ireland (see: Norman Ireland) Canada (formerly used to a certain degree in Eastern Canada and Quebec) Kingdom of Sicily (used in a limited degree) Principality of Antioch
Region	Normandy and the Channel Islands
Native speakers	ca. 100,000 (date missing) * Auregnais: 0 (extinct) Guernésiais: ~1,300 (has government support) Jèrriais: ~4,000 (has government support) Sercquiais: <20 in 1998 (highly endangered) Augeron: <100 (highly endangered) Cauchois: ~50,000 (has local support) Cotentinais: ~50,000 (has local support)
Language family	Indo-European Italic Romance Western Gallo-Romance Oïl Norman
Dialects	Auregnais Guernésiais Jèrriais Sercquiais Augeron Cauchois Cotentinais
Writing system	Latin (French orthography)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	(partial: Guernésiais & Jèrriais)
Glottolog	norm1245  (Norman)
Linguasphere	51-AAA-hc & 51-AAA-hd
Areas where the Norman language is strongest include Jersey, Guernsey, the Cotentin and the Pays de Caux.

Previously used:

ca. 100,000 (date missing)
* Auregnais: 0 (extinct)

Norman (Normaund, French: Normand, Guernésiais: Normand, Jèrriais: Nouormand) is a Romance language which can be classified as one of the Oïl languages along with Picard and Walloon. The name Norman-French is sometimes used to describe not only the Norman language, but also 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 intercomprehensible.

Norman is spoken in mainland Normandy in France where it has no official status, but is classed as a regional language. It is taught in a few colleges near Cherbourg-Octeville.

In the Channel Islands, the Norman language has developed separately, but not in isolation, to form what are recognized as Jèrriais (in Jersey), Guernésiais or Guernsey French (in Guernsey) and Sercquiais (or Sarkese, in Sark). Jèrriais and Guernésiais are recognized as regional languages by the British and Irish governments within the framework of the British–Irish Council. Sercquiais is in fact a descendant of the 16th century Jèrriais used by the original colonists from Jersey who settled the then uninhabited island.