This book examines transnational identities integration and linguistic practices on Jersey one of the Channel Islands. Within the context of major historical events and migratory flows the author considers the significance of the multicultural small island space ideologies regarding longstanding as well as emergent identification practices and language use and conceptualizations of belonging focusing in particular on the Madeiran Portuguese diaspora. The juxtaposition of historical and contemporary migratory flows opens up a compelling discussion concerning the maintenance and use of heritage languages in a multilingual environment allowing a rare comparison of the symbolic role as ethnic identifiers of Jersey French Standard French English and more contemporary migrant languages such as Portuguese.