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Languages of Jersey | |
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Official | English (Majority), Jersey Legal French Jèrriais |
Vernacular | Channel Island English |
Minority | Jèrriais, (Norman language) |
Immigrant | Portuguese |
Signed | British Sign Language |
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The Bailiwick of Jersey, a crown dependency in the Channel Islands, off the French coast of Normandy, has three official languages: English, French and Jèrriais. Traditionally, Jèrriais, a variety of the ancient Norman language, has been the dominant language of the Bailiwick, but the past century has seen a great decline in its usage, as well as in the use of French.