New local history fayre at Town Library (Government of Jersey)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Jan 2016
(Source. Government of Jersey) ... Participants include Jersey Library, Jersey Archive, Channel Islands Family History Society, L'Office du Jèrriais, Channel Island Bus Society, Channel Islands Great War Study Group, Channel Islands Occupation Society, Jersey Postcard Study Group and the Societe Jersiaise History Section ... It promises to be a very enjoyable and educational weekend.' ... Talks include.. Friday ... Saturday ... Hidden histories ... (noodl....

Are lost languages coming back?

Edit BBC News 20 Jan 2015
Jèrriais ... The historical language of Jersey is Jèrriais - a French-like language derived from Norman ... The historical language of Jersey is Jèrriais - a French-like language derived from Norman. Teach yourself Jèrriais ... Tony Scott Warren from L'Office du Jèrriais - a language trust - remembers when Jèrriais was spoken across Jersey. In 1986, there were 5,700 Jèrriais speakers but in 2001 that figure had dropped to 2,700....

33 European languages in danger of extinction

Edit Mashable 14 Nov 2014
LONDON — 33 languages across Europe are close to dying out, according to a new list of at-risk dialects ... See also. Google Fights to Save 3,054 Languages ... Jersey French (Jèrriais) and Guernsey French (Guernésiais) are two of the four British dialects in peril, spoken on the islands of the same names, while Manx, used on the Isle of Man, and Cornish, spoken in Cornwall in south west England, are deemed critically endangered ... Image ... Image ... ....

Linguistic tourism could help save Britain's ancient languages

Edit The Independent 09 Nov 2014
Tourists looking for sun and sea but keen for something extra from their holiday break can now help save an ancient language. Four languages spoken on British territories feature on an new "endangered" list, with the numbers of people using them seriously dwindling ... Tony Scott Warren, the Jersey French language officer known as Offici du l'Jèrriais, said. "It is a worry ... It's not surprising we are on the list ... It's great ... ....

French connection for culture conference (Government of Jersey)

Edit noodls 22 Oct 2013
attitudes to the arts and heritage projects linking the Island with Normandy and Brittany the importance of the Jèrriais language ... She has written and lectures extensively on the Norman French languages of the Channel Island and is the author of a short introduction to Jèrriais published by the Don Balleine....
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