also known as Sarkese or Sark-French 's the Norman dialect of the Channel Island of Sark. In the island it's sometimes known, slightly disparagingly, as the "patois", a French term meaning "regional language". Sarkese's in fact a descendant of the 16th century Jèrriais used by the original colonists, 40 families mostly from Saint Ouen, Jersey, who settled the then uninhabited island, although influenced in the interim by Dgèrnésiais (Guernsey dialect). It's still spoken by older… (More on Sercquiais)