Norman language

Norman
Norman
Normaund
Native to	Normandy (Cotentin Peninsula and Pays de Caux); Jersey, Guernsey, Sark; Previously used: Alderney, Herm; Kingdom of England (see England in the High Middle Ages and England in the late Middle Ages); Lordship of Ireland (see Norman Ireland); Canada (formerly used to a certain degree in Eastern Canada and Quebec); Kingdom of Sicily (used in a limited degree); Principality of Antioch;
Region	Normandy
Native speakers	20,000 (2011–2015); Auregnais: extinct; Guernésiais: 200 (2014); Jèrriais: 2,000 (2011); Sercquiais: < 20 (1998); Augeron: < 100 (no date); Cauchois: c. 50,000 (no date); Cotentinais: c. 50,000 (no date);
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Latin Romance Italo-Western Western Romance Gallo-Iberian? Gallo-Romance Gallo-Rhaetian? Arpitan–Oïl Oïl Norman; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Latin Vulgar Latin Proto-Romance Old French Old Norman ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Anglo-Norman (Auregnais, Guernésiais, Jèrriais, Law French, and Sercquiais); Augeron; Cauchois; Cotentinais;
Writing system	Latin (French orthography)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nrf (partial: Guernésiais & Jèrriais)
Glottolog	norm1245
ELP	Norman
Linguasphere	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 Romance language which can be classified as one of the langues d'oïl, which also includes French, Picard and Walloon. The name "Norman French" is sometimes used to describe not only the Norman language, but also 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. This intelligibility was largely caused by the Norman language's planned adaptation to French orthography.

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