Editing English Channel (section)

== Culture and languages ==
[[File:Norman dictionary 1779 Kelham.jpg|right|thumb|upright|Kelham's ''Dictionary of the Norman or Old French Language'' (1779), defining [[Law French]], a language historically used in English law courts]]

The two dominant cultures are English on the north shore of the Channel, French on the south. However, there are also a number of minority languages that are or were found on the shores and islands of the English Channel, which are listed here, with the Channel's name in the specific language following them.

;Celtic Languages
: {{langx|br|Mor Breizh}}, Sea of Brittany
: {{langx|kw|Mor Bretannek}}
: {{langx|ga|Muir nIocht}}, Merciful Sea
;Germanic languages
: English
: {{langx|nl|het Kanaal}}, the Channel. (Dutch previously had a larger range, and extended into parts of modern-day France as [[French Flemish]].)
;Romance languages
: {{langx|fr|La Manche}}
: [[Gallo language|Gallo]]: ''Manche'', ''Grand-Mè'', ''Mè Bertone''<ref name="matao">{{Cite book |last=Auffray |first=Régis |title=Le Petit Matao |publisher=Rue des Scribes |year=2007 |isbn=978-2906064645}}</ref>
: [[Norman language|Norman]], including the Channel Island vernaculars:
:* [[Anglo-Norman language|Anglo-Norman]] (extinct, but fossilised in certain English law phrases)
:* [[Auregnais]] (extinct)
:* [[Cotentinais]]: ''Maunche''
:* [[Guernésiais]]: {{lang|nrf-GG|Ch'nal}}
:* [[Jèrriais]]: {{lang|nrf-JE|Ch'na}}
:* [[Sercquais]]
: [[Picard language|Picard]]

Most other languages tend towards variants of the French and English forms, but notably [[Welsh language|Welsh]] has {{lang|cy|Môr Udd}}.