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2008 sees the appearance in print of the first handy-sized English-Jèrriais dictionary. It will be easier than ever for English speakers to use and appreciate Jersey's own language. The new Dictionnaithe Angliais-Jèrriais, produced by L'Office du Jèrriais and published by Le Don Balleine, is a companion to the popular Jèrriais-English dictionary published in 2005.

Based on the long tradition of Jèrriais lexicography, this 364-page paperback dictionary includes:

• the contents of the 2005 dictionary, revised and cross-referenced to make translations as accessible as possible;
• extra items checked against the authoritative 1966 Dictionnaire Jersiais-Français;
• modern words collected from written and broadcast sources since 2005;
• rare words from old Jèrriais literature collected since 2005 but unrecorded in previous dictionaries.

New entries are also included in a Jèrriais-English appendix, and for convenience a botanical appendix provides scientific Latin names for plants in Jèrriais.

The volume will retail at £14.95, but by reserving a copy from Le Don Balleine before 19th May 2008, purchasers can benefit from the special pre-publication price of only £12.50.

ISBN: 1 904210 09 0

Published: 19th May 2008 - Download order form (PDF)