Norman language

Norman
Normaund
Native to

Previously used:

RegionNormandy
EthnicityNormans
Native speakers
20,000 (2011–2015)[1]
Early forms
Dialects
Latin (French orthography)
Language codes
ISO 639-3nrf (partial: Guernésiais & Jèrriais)
Glottolognorm1245
ELPNorman
Linguasphere& 51-AAA-hd 51-AAA-hc & 51-AAA-hd
IETFnrf
Areas where the Norman language is strongest include Jersey, Guernsey, the Cotentin and the Pays de Caux.

Norman or Norman French (Normaund, French: Normand [nɔʁmɑ̃] ⓘ, Guernésiais: Normand, Jèrriais: Nouormand) is a langue d'oïl.[6][7] The name "Norman French" is sometimes also used to describe 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 mutually intelligible. The thirteenth-century philosopher Roger Bacon was the first to distinguish it along with other dialects such as Picard and Bourguignon.[8] Today, although it does not enjoy any official status, some reports of the French Ministry of Culture have recognized it as one of the regional languages of France.[9]

  1. ^ a b c d Norman at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Voices - Multilingual Nation". BBC. Archived from the original on 15 December 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  3. ^ a b Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (24 May 2022). "Glottolog 4.8 - Oil". Glottolog. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Archived from the original on 11 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  4. ^ Manuel pratique de philologie romane, Pierre Bec, 1970–1971
  5. ^ "51-AAA-hc Anglo-Normand". Linguasphere Register via hortensj-garden.org. Linguasphere Observatory. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2024 – via hortensj-gardens.org.
  6. ^ Base de Français Médiéval, "Liste des textes de la Base de Français Médiéval" Archived 23 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine, 2012, École normale supérieure de Lyon
  7. ^ Moisy 1875, pp. xix, 91.
  8. ^ Wolff 1991, p. 337.
  9. ^ Bernard Cerquiglini, The Languages of France, Report to the Minister of National Education, Research and Technology, and the Minister of Culture and Communication, April 1999