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The people of the island of Jersey are trying to save their language, Jerriais.

Jerriais has got only 800 native speakers alive today.

Jean and François are two of the few people who speak Jerriais as a mother tongue.

Jerriais had a bad image as the language of poor farmers.

Children weren't allowed to speak it and English became the preferred language.

But in 2019, Jersey made Jerriais an official language with French and English and it's now taught in schools.

Susan Parker is a Jerriais teacher.

Jersey is a part of Britain but it is 22 kilometres from France.

It has its own local culture.

Student Atticus Mawby thinks the local language carries this culture.

If people don't learn Jerriais, it will die.

Geraint Jennings wants Jerriais to be used every day like English and French.

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