Jèrriais
E29750
Jèrriais is a Norman Romance language traditionally spoken on the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jèrriais canonical | 22 |
| Jèrriais language | 4 |
| Jersey Norman French | 2 |
| Eastern Jèrriais | 1 |
| Jersey French | 1 |
| Jèrriais (limited use) | 1 |
| Jèrriais literature | 1 |
| Norman language of Jersey | 1 |
| Western Jèrriais | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T231898 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jèrriais Context triple: [Channel Islands, regionalLanguage, Jèrriais]
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A.
Breton
Breton is a Celtic language spoken primarily in Brittany, France, known for its close relation to Cornish and Welsh.
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B.
Walloon language
Walloon language is a regional Romance language spoken primarily in southern Belgium, particularly in Wallonia, with its own distinct phonology and vocabulary separate from standard French.
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C.
Niçard Occitan
Niçard Occitan is a Romance variety of the Occitan language traditionally spoken in and around the city of Nice in southeastern France.
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D.
Elfdalian
Elfdalian is a highly conservative North Germanic language spoken in the Älvdalen region of Sweden, preserving many archaic features lost in other Scandinavian languages.
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E.
Saterland Frisian
Saterland Frisian is a highly endangered West Germanic minority language spoken by a small Frisian community in the Saterland region of northwestern Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jèrriais Target entity description: Jèrriais is a Norman Romance language traditionally spoken on the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
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A.
Breton
Breton is a Celtic language spoken primarily in Brittany, France, known for its close relation to Cornish and Welsh.
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B.
Walloon language
Walloon language is a regional Romance language spoken primarily in southern Belgium, particularly in Wallonia, with its own distinct phonology and vocabulary separate from standard French.
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C.
Niçard Occitan
Niçard Occitan is a Romance variety of the Occitan language traditionally spoken in and around the city of Nice in southeastern France.
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D.
Elfdalian
Elfdalian is a highly conservative North Germanic language spoken in the Älvdalen region of Sweden, preserving many archaic features lost in other Scandinavian languages.
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E.
Saterland Frisian
Saterland Frisian is a highly endangered West Germanic minority language spoken by a small Frisian community in the Saterland region of northwestern Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norman language
ⓘ
Oïl language ⓘ Romance language ⓘ minority language ⓘ regional language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
French
ⓘ
Guernésiais ⓘ Norman ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | definitely endangered language ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Jersey French
ⓘ
linked to:
Jèrriais
Jersey Norman French ⓘ
linked to:
Jèrriais
|
| hasAncestor |
Latin
ⓘ
Old French ⓘ Old Norman ⓘ
linked to:
Normans
Vulgar Latin ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Eastern Jèrriais
ⓘ
linked to:
Jèrriais
Western Jèrriais ⓘ
linked to:
Jèrriais
|
| hasFirstDocumentedUse | 13th century ⓘ |
| hasGlottologCode | jerr1238 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | jer ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ Norse ⓘ |
| hasNativeName | Jèrriais ⓘ |
| hasNotableAuthor |
Edward Le Brocq
ⓘ
George Francis Le Feuvre ⓘ Philippe Le Sueur Mourant ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakers | several hundred speakers ⓘ |
| hasOfficialStatusIn |
Jersey
ⓘ
linked to:
Channel Islands (crown dependencies)
|
| hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom | French ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Gallo-Romance languages
ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-European language family
Italic languages ⓘ Oïl languages ⓘ
linked to:
Old French
Romance languages ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | regional language of Jersey ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | L'Office du Jèrriais ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffort |
adult education classes in Jersey
ⓘ
media broadcasts in Jèrriais ⓘ taught in Jersey schools ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Channel Islands
ⓘ
linked to:
Channel Islands (crown dependencies)
Jersey ⓘ
linked to:
Channel Islands (crown dependencies)
|
| subclassOf |
Gallo-Romance language
ⓘ
Norman ⓘ |
| traditionalLanguageOf |
Jersey
ⓘ
linked to:
Channel Islands (crown dependencies)
|
| usedBy | Jersey government for cultural promotion ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Jersey folk songs
ⓘ
Jersey literature ⓘ Jersey place names ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jèrriais Description of subject: Jèrriais is a Norman Romance language traditionally spoken on the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Channel Islands (crown dependencies)
linked to: Jèrriais
linked to: Jèrriais
linked to: Jèrriais
linked to: Jèrriais
linked to: Jèrriais
linked to: Jèrriais
linked to: Jèrriais
linked to: Jèrriais
linked to: Jèrriais
linked to: Jèrriais
linked to: Jèrriais
subject linked to:
BIC
linked to: Jèrriais
subject linked to:
Centeniers
subject linked to:
Parish Assembly