States of Guernsey was on 27 April 2016. Constitution of the States of Deliberation "as at October 2016": Castel District Saint Peter Port North District Saint Peter Port South District St Sampson District South East District Vale District West District Alderney Representatives States of Guernsey The States of Guernsey () is the parliament of the British Crown dependency of Guernsey. Some laws and ordinances approved by the States of Guernsey also apply to Alderney and Sark (the other component parts of the Bailiwick of Guernsey) as "Bailiwick-wide legislation" with the consent of the governments of those islands. All enactments of the States of
Languages of the Bailiwick of Guernsey It is not used as readily in Guernsey as Jèrriais in Jersey: only five minutes a week of news are delivered in the language on BBC Radio Guernsey. Fourteen percent of the population claim some understanding. It is called patois by some and believed by some to be a dialect of French. Sercquiais is the dialect of Jèrriais spoken by a minority of people in Sark, the original inhabitants of which were settlers from Jersey. It is now all but extinct, spoken by some 15 people. The Norman language of Alderney, Auregnais, is now extinct. It is today mostly preserved