Some Guernésiais Resources:
Guernésiais is the dialect of the Norman language which once constituted the common language on Guernsey. This post is intended as a collation of links and references to helpful resources for people who want to learn or learn about Guernésiais.
Websites:
The Guernsey Language Commission: Links to other resources; free translation service; samples of text.
La P'tite Carre du Dgèrnésiais: Collection of texts maintained by the Société Jersiaise.
GuernésiaisWord: A sporadically-active word-of-the-day website.
Guernésiais on MemRise: A MemRise course with basic words and verb conjugations.
Videos:
Guernsey Language Commission YouTube: Several sets of lessons; songs; audio extracts from written works; conversational recordings.
Island Language YouTube: Ditto, but less active.
Learning Guernesiais with Alan: Mirror of Alan McKane's video course and playlists of all his other work.
Audio:
The Voice-Vouaïe Project SoundCloud: 103 recordings, mostly in Guernésiais, with translations.
Guernsey Museums SoundCloud: Recordings including pronunciation guides and extracts.
Vouaïes és Îles: Recordings mainly of useful vocabulary for topical events.
Patrice Brasseur's recordings: 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 and the Blue Ormer Publishing store 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)
Misc.:
Warro!: A children's book with basic vocabulary available online Taken down.
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