La Section d’la Langue Jerriaise - Singing/Chant'tie sessions

La Section d’la Langue Jerriaise

We are a diverse group of SJ members with one major thing in common a passion for the Jèrriais language and its continued place in the society and culture of Jersey. But while upholding the stated aim of the SJ ‘to preserve our ancient language’ above all we want to enjoy it. Between us we have a wide range of ability in Jèrriais and it isn’t necessary to be able to speak it fluently, or even at all, to enjoy our meetings. These are usually held on the first Wednesday of each month, at 5.15pm, mostly at Pier Road but often out around the island to exercise our vocabulary, and to share stories.

To add even more variety we have satellite groups for singing and dancing. Some of our members also work at sorting, listing and transcribing Jèrriais texts etc. to ensure these are available now and for future generations and others at making Jèrriais more widely available online.

If you wish to reach out to the Section in advance to find out more, please email Jerriais@societe.je