Norman | |
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Normaund | |
Native to |
Previously used:
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Region | Normandy |
Native speakers | 20,000 (2011–2015)[1]
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Early forms | |
Dialects | |
Latin (French orthography) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nrf (partial: Guernésiais & Jèrriais) |
Glottolog | norm1245 |
ELP | Norman |
Linguasphere | & 51-AAA-hd 51-AAA-hc & 51-AAA-hd |
IETF | nrf |
![]() 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 French dialect[4][5] which can be classified as a langue d'oïl. 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.[6] 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.[7]
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