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  2. Norman language - Wikipedia

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    Norman or Norman French (Normaund, French: Normand ⓘ, 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.

  3. Anglo-Norman language - Wikipedia

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    The languages and literature of the Channel Islands are sometimes referred to as Anglo-Norman, but that usage is derived from the French name for the islands: les îles anglo-normandes. The variety of French spoken in the islands is related to the modern Norman language, and distinct from the Anglo-Norman of medieval England.

  4. Normans - Wikipedia

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    [55] [56] This Norse-influenced dialect which then arose was known as Old Norman, and it is the ancestor of both the modern Norman language still spoken today in the Channel Islands and parts of mainland Normandy, as well as the historical Anglo-Norman language in England. Old Norman was also an important language of the Principality of Antioch ...

  5. Anglo-Normans - Wikipedia

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    The Anglo-Normans (Norman: Anglo-Normaunds, Old English: Engel-Norðmandisca) were the medieval ruling class in the Kingdom of England following the Norman Conquest. They were primarily a combination of Normans , Bretons , Flemings , Frenchmen , Anglo-Saxons and Celtic Britons .

  6. Langues d'oïl - Wikipedia

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    all regional languages spoken in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg; Limburgish, particularly Maastrichtian; all French-based creole languages; Anglic languages (Oïl influences on vocabulary, transmitted via the Anglo-Norman language spoken by the upper classes in England in the centuries following the Norman Conquest, and later from French)

  7. Guernésiais - Wikipedia

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    Guernésiais (French pronunciation: [ɡɛʁnezjɛ]), also known as Guerneseyese, [6] Dgèrnésiais, Guernsey French, and Guernsey Norman French, is the variety of the Norman language spoken in Guernsey. [7] It is sometimes known on the island simply as "patois". [8]

  8. Old Norman - Wikipedia

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    From the region of what is now called Normandy, the language spread into England, Southern Italy, Sicily and the Levant. It is the ancestor of modern Norman, including the insular dialects (such as Jèrriais), as well as Anglo-Norman. Old Norman was an important language of the Principality of Antioch during Crusader rule in the Levant. [2]

  9. List of languages by number of speakers in Europe - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of European languages by the number of native speakers in Europe only. List ... Norman: 50,000 [106] Kashubian: 50,000 [107] 98 Abaza: 49,800 [108] 99 ...