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Locals of the small British island, Jersey, are attempting to save Jerriais, the island's language.

Jerriais is an endangered language, with only 800 native speakers on the island today.

Jean and François are brothers who've spoken Jerriais since they were children.

Jerriais was known as the farmer's language and children were punished if they spoke it.

This and the increased use of English means there are few speakers today.

But Jerriais joined French and English as an official language in 2019 and is also being promoted in schools.

Susan's a Jerriais primary teacher.

Jersey is located 22 kilometres off the northern coast of France but is a British dependency.

It's got its own unique culture and student Atticus Mawby believes this is evident in its language.

With the low number of speakers, Jersey is speeding up its efforts to promote the language.

Geraint Jennings is doing this in Jersey Heritage.

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