Guernésiais Resources

Communities:

    • Guernésiais Discord: https://discord.gg/fUVSQ7kPdm - new Discord server for and by learners of the language.

Social Media:

    • MotGuernesiais: my Word of the Day (currently inactive). One word per day with IPA transcription and example sentence. Available on Twitter, Bluesky, Tumblr and WebsiteLeague (Coolstation instance).

    • Pouquelaie Limitaï: https://www.instagram.com/pouquelaie/ - new artist-run company aiming to publish short films and zines in and about Guernésiais.

Websites:

    • The Guernsey Language Commission: http://language.gg/ - Links to other resources; free translation service; samples of text.

    • La P'tite Carre du Dgèrnésiais: http://members.societe-jersiaise.org/sdllj/dgernesiais.html - Collection of texts maintained by the Société Jersiaise.

    • GuernésiaisWord: http://languagelearninghelp.com/guernesiais/ - An inactive word-of-the-day website.

    • Guernésiais on MemRise: https://app.memrise.com/course/1843632/guernesiais-2/ - A MemRise course with basic words and verb conjugations.


Videos:

    • Guernsey Language Commission YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Guernesiais - Several sets of lessons; songs; audio extracts from written works; conversational recordings.

    • Island Language YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwz_qw6Bx9GkGJHz6SEDtpg - Ditto, but less active.

    • Learning Guernesiais with Alan: https://www.youtube.com/@learningguernesiaiswithala3042 - Mirror of Alan McKane's video course and playlists of all his other work.


Audio:

    • The Voice-Vouaïe Project SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-348870745 - 103 recordings, mostly in Guernésiais, with translations

    • Guernsey Museums SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-303186860 - Recordings including pronunciation guides and extracts.

    • Vouaïes és Îles: https://soundcloud.com/islandsvoices - Recordings mainly of useful vocabulary for topical events.

    • Patrice Brasseur's recordings: https://www.archives-manche.fr/rechercher-1/fonds-audio-visuels?arko_default_635a886d9613a--filtreGroupes%5Bgroupes%5D%5B0%5D%5Barko_default_635a8dd13a948%5D%5Bq%5D%5B%5D=Brasseur%2C%20Patrice%5B%5Barko_fiche_62874493a1e76%5D%5D - Interviews and audio in many Norman dialects, including Guernésiais; website and interviewer are in French.


Books:

    • Dictiounnaire Angllais-Guernésiais (Marie De Garis): The most up-to-date and complete dictionary of Guernésiais.

    • A Descriptive Grammar of Guernsey French (Harry Tomlinson): In-depth description of the grammar and pronunciation of Guernésiais.

    • P'tites Lures Guernésiaises (Hazel Tomlinson): Collection of short stories in Guernésiais; some editions will include an audio CD.

    • Histouaires Guernésiaises (Hazel Tomlinson): Collection of short stories in Guernésiais with English translations included.

    • The Toad and The Donkey (Yan Marquis & Geraint Jennings): A collection of various works and extracts in English, French, and the various Insular Norman dialects (incl. Guernésiais).

    • Guernesiais: A Grammatical Survey (Marie De Garis): Overview of grammar and verb conjugations.

    • The Collected Works of Marjorie Ozanne (Two volumes): Works of light fiction in the spoken Guernésiais of the early-mid 20th century.

    • A Pocketful of Guernésiais (Mari C. Jones): Short overview of Guernésiais and its history.

    • Teach your Cat Guernesiais (Anne Cakebread): Simple words and phrases to practice with your cat; available from Welsh publishers.

Société Guernesiaise online book shop ( https://societe.org.gg/wp/product-tag/guernesiaise/ ) and the Blue Ormer Publishing store ( https://blueormer.gg/shop/?product_tag=guernesiais ) both sell works related to Guernésiais.


Academic works:

    • The Guernsey Norman French Translations of Thomas Martin: A Linguistic Study of an Unpublished Archive (Mari C. Jones, 2008)

    • Variation and Change in Mainland and Insular Norman: A Study of Superstrate Influence (Mari C. Jones, 2015)

    • Channelling Change: Evolution in Guernsey Norman French Phonology (Helen Simmonds, 2012)